Normal Computing
Foundry Sourcing & Supplier Manager
Mountain View · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Establishes and manages foundry sourcing, supplier relationships, and commercial arrangements to secure capacity and competitive economics as custom silicon moves from prototypes to scaled production.
What you'll do
- Develop foundry sourcing strategies, negotiate supplier contracts and capacity commitments, and manage commercial relationships and escalations.
- Translate product forecasts into wafer capacity plans and supply assurance strategies; identify and mitigate supplier risks.
- Build semiconductor cost models, optimize pricing and unit economics, and establish supplier performance metrics and scalable sourcing processes.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in semiconductor foundry sourcing, strategic procurement, supplier business management, or semiconductor supply chain operations.
- Experience managing commercial relationships with semiconductor foundries or ASIC manufacturing partners, including OSATs, packaging, and test providers.
- Track record negotiating wafer pricing, NRE, manufacturing agreements, capacity commitments, and long-term supply arrangements.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Established commercial relationships with leading foundries.
- Experience sourcing advanced-node capacity for AI, high-performance computing, or data center products.
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