Senior Category Manager, ASICs

Senior Category Manager, ASICs

Role Summary

Lead the global sourcing strategy for Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). This role is responsible for supplier strategy, commercial performance, technology alignment, risk management, and long-term supply continuity for Tektronix Test & Measurement products. The position partners closely with Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Quality, Manufacturing, Finance, and Supply Chain.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and execute a multi-year global ASIC category strategy aligned with product roadmaps and Ralliant business objectives.

• Lead supplier selection, qualification, negotiation, governance, and performance management across ASIC design partners, foundries, OSAT providers, and related outside-processing suppliers.

• Negotiate complex agreements, including long-term supply, capacity reservations, NRE, design services, NDAs, pricing, and cost-reduction roadmaps.

• Partner early with Engineering and Product Management to translate technology and New Product Introduction needs into sourcing strategies and supplier choices.

• Evaluate sourcing and technology options, including custom ASICs versus FPGA or merchant silicon, design resources, foundry and process node, packaging and test, and reuse versus new development.

• Develop cost models, lifecycle plans, supply strategies, and supplier technology roadmaps that support current and future products.

• Identify and reduce semiconductor supply risks related to capacity, geopolitics, obsolescence, end-of-life, single sourcing, packaging, and substrates.

• Establish continuity plans for critical programs using appropriate inventory, wafer or die banking, multi-sourcing, and long-term capacity strategies.

• Deliver measurable improvements in cost, quality, delivery, lead time, inventory, working capital, supplier performance, and technology access.

• Provide clear executive updates on market conditions, supplier performance, material risks, business impact, mitigation actions, and required decisions.

• Use Lean, Kaizen, strategic sourcing, standard work, metrics, and dashboards to improve category performance and build semiconductor sourcing capability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related field.

• 10+ years of semiconductor industry experience, including strong knowledge of ASIC technologies, manufacturing ecosystems, market dynamics, and supply chains.

• Experience building category strategies and making global sourcing, supplier selection, and commercial decisions using semiconductor industry knowledge.

• Proven success negotiating complex semiconductor commercial and supply agreements.

• Strong understanding of ASIC design flow, wafer fabrication, packaging and test, foundry business models, and capacity planning.

• Experience leading cross-functional sourcing support for New Product Introduction programs.

Preferred Experience

• Test & Measurement or other high-performance electronic product experience.

• Knowledge of high-speed mixed-signal ASICs, ADCs and DACs, RF semiconductors, FPGAs, advanced packaging, and signal integrity.

• Experience working with major foundries, OSAT providers, or ASIC design partners, such as TSMC, GlobalFoundries, UMC, Samsung Foundry, ASE, or Amkor.

• MBA, advanced engineering degree, international sourcing experience, or multi-site experience.

Leadership Capabilities

• Lead and influence global, matrixed teams across Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain.

• Build effective relationships with senior executives, technical leaders, and supplier leadership teams.

• Translate semiconductor technology roadmaps and ASIC development lifecycles into practical sourcing strategies.

• Balance cost, technology, quality, lifecycle, and supply risk across near-term and long-term priorities.

• Communicate complex technical, operational, financial, and risk topics clearly and concisely.

• Demonstrate integrity, sound judgment, ownership, accountability, collaboration, and strong analytical problem solving.

Travel

Domestic and international travel up to 25%.

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