Senior IC Test Equipment Sourcing Lead

Arm Limited; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm Limited is seeking a Senior Technical Sourcing Manager – IC Test to lead global sourcing for semiconductor test equipment, hardware, and manufacturing services across our OSAT network. You will drive strategy and negotiation for ATE platforms, test hardware, and related assets to align with product roadmaps and capacity needs.

You will partner with cross-functional teams in Test Engineering and Operations to optimize asset utilization and total cost of ownership, while managing international

Qualifications

• 10+ years in semiconductors or related fields with focus on test equipment sourcing.
• Experience with ATE platforms and test hardware.
• Strong understanding of test flows, capacity economics, and supplier negotiations.
• International travel experience.

Responsibilities

• Own global sourcing strategy for IC test equipment, test hardware, and outsourced test services from product development through high-volume manufacturing.
• Lead sourcing, negotiation, and lifecycle management of ATE testers and hardware deployed at OSATs.
• Partner with Product and Test Engineering to align ATE platforms with roadmaps.
• Develop sourcing strategies across wafer sort, final test, system-level test, ATE, probes, sockets, handlers, probers, and related equipment.
• Lead commercial negotiations for ATE purchases, volume agreements, pricing, lead times, warranties, service agreements, upgrades, spares, and support.
• Develop and execute strategies for test assets, deployment, utilization targets, and end-of-life disposition.
• Develop long-range test capacity and capital plans based on forecasts and manufacturing needs.
• Optimize deployment of test assets across OSATs for max utilization and ROI.
• Lead sourcing and executive relationships with strategic ATE partners.
• Negotiate service pricing, NRE, investments, capacity commitments, tooling, and long-term supply agreements.
• Develop cost and capacity models including test time, parallelism, utilization, yield, throughput, depreciation, and capex.
• Present strategies and risks to senior leadership.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Negotiation

Cross-functional leadership

Analytics

Vendor management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

ATE platforms

Semiconductor test equipment

Job description

Arm Limited is seeking a Senior Technical Sourcing Manager – IC Test to lead global sourcing for semiconductor test equipment, hardware, and manufacturing services across our OSAT network. You will drive strategy and negotiation for ATE platforms, test hardware, and related assets to align with product roadmaps and capacity needs.

You will partner with cross-functional teams in Test Engineering and Operations to optimize asset utilization and total cost of ownership, while managing international