Foundry Product Lead - Flex Circuits & Manufacturing

Delft Circuits; Delft; On-site; EUR 78,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel reimbursement

30 vacation days per year

PME pension scheme

Training opportunities

Job summary

Delft Circuits seeks a Team Lead – Flex Foundry to own the Foundry product roadmap, lead design rules, PDK development and manufacturing capabilities. You will coordinate with customers, research and process teams to deliver new capabilities and ensure product quality and delivery.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team in Delft, overseeing planning, supplier relations and project execution, with a focus on turning customer needs into scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Applied Physics, Nanotechnology or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in a semiconductor fab, flex/PCB manufacturing, microfabrication or comparable high‑tech manufacturing environment.
• Strong technical understanding of materials, fabrication processes, products and manufacturability.
• The ability to translate customer and market needs into product requirements and a technical roadmap.
• Experience leading people or technical teams in a development or manufacturing environment.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to coordinate people, projects, equipment and competing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with Research, Engineering, suppliers, project partners and customers.
• Experience working directly with customers, including scoping technical projects and turning customer needs into solutions.
• An entrepreneurial mindset: you identify opportunities and find practical ways to turn them into products and customer projects.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the Foundry product roadmap, translating customer and market needs into priorities for new capabilities, products and improvements.
• Own and further develop the Foundry offering, including its PDK, design rules, manufacturing capabilities and testing.
• Work directly with customers to understand their applications, assess designs, define technical solutions and turn opportunities into executable projects.
• Coordinate product and process development with our Research and Process Development teams and bring new capabilities into the Foundry offering.
• Lead the day‑to‑day Foundry operation, including planning people, equipment, materials and shared lab capacity.
• Drive product quality, repeatability, yield and continuous improvement in manufacturing and testing.
• Manage technical relationships with external suppliers and project partners for substrates, materials and specialized fabrication steps.
• Lead, coach and grow the Foundry team while remaining closely involved in technical and product challenges.
• Ensure learnings from customers, projects and manufacturing feed back into the product roadmap, design rules and future Foundry capabilities.
• You will report to the CPO (Co-Founder Delft-Circuits)

Skills

People leadership

Customer collaboration

Product planning

Technical roadmap

Operations management

Education

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Applied Physics, Nanotechnology or related field

Tools

PDK

Design rules

Job description

Delft Circuits seeks a Team Lead – Flex Foundry to own the Foundry product roadmap, lead design rules, PDK development and manufacturing capabilities. You will coordinate with customers, research and process teams to deliver new capabilities and ensure product quality and delivery.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team in Delft, overseeing planning, supplier relations and project execution, with a focus on turning customer needs into scalable solutions.