Director of Technology (Product Development)

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The Director of Technology will lead chamber product development for advanced semiconductor equipment providing technical direction people leadership and program execution from concept through new product introduction and manufacturing readiness. The role is accountable for technology roadmap execution customer issue resolution and delivery of differentiated chamber solutions.

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary technology team across chamber design process development systems engineering controls and integration.

• Define and execute the chamber technology roadmap product architecture risk retirement plans and development milestones.

• Drive end-to-end technical execution of chamber development programs to meet performance schedule cost quality and reliability goals.

• Provide technical guidance on chamber hardware process performance plasma or chemical interactions materials compatibility defectivity cleanliness and manufacturability.

• Partner with product management manufacturing supply chain service and customer-facing teams to deliver customer-focused product solutions.

• Lead customer issue resolution including containment root-cause analysis corrective actions recovery plans and long-term product improvements.

• Represent the technology organization in customer engagements executive reviews technical reviews and escalation discussions.

• Bachelors degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Materials Science Physics or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.

• Significant experience leading semiconductor equipment process module or chamber development programs.

• Proven ability to lead technical teams and drive cross-functional execution in a global matrixed organization.

• Strong knowledge of product development lifecycle including feasibility design validation process integration NPI reliability and manufacturing readiness.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence executive customer and engineering audiences.

• Experience in etch plasma processing wet clean post-CMP clean or related semiconductor process technologies.

• Hands-on experience with chamber architecture RF or plasma systems gas or chemical delivery fluidics vacuum systems temperature control contamination control or materials compatibility.

• Track record of resolving customer challenges involving yield defectivity productivity cost of ownership process window expansion or product reliability.

Success Measures

• Technology roadmap and execution plans are aligned with business and customer priorities.

• Chamber development milestones and product release commitments are delivered on schedule.

• Product performance reliability manufacturability and customer value are improved.

• Customer escalations are resolved with clear containment root cause corrective action and prevention plans.

Work Location

• Science Park II (Moving to Tampines starting end 2026)

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