Senior Silicon Capacity Planner for AI Networking

Cisco; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco in San Jose seeks a senior Capacity Planner to lead data-driven capacity planning across silicon manufacturing and OSAT networks. You will translate demand, hardware configurations, and manufacturing flows into executable plans, partnering with production, engineering, and supply teams to safeguard supply continuity.

The role focuses on modeling, forecasting accuracy, and bottleneck mitigation 6–18 months ahead, requiring deep semiconductor supply-chain expertise and practical OSAT

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering, with hands-on OSAT operations experience.
• 8+ years of capacity management experience within the semiconductor industry.
• Sophisticated understanding of silicon manufacturing processes and supply chain dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Capacity Modeling & Analytics: Build and maintain multi-variable capacity models; apply Excel modeling, capacity simulation, and data analysis using SQL/Power BI to convert demand into a backend capacity plan.
• Product Data & Resource Architecture: Define resource types, shared vs. dedicated, and maintain planning parameters (OEE, test time, index time, retest rate).
• Capacity Forecasting & Constraint Prediction: Translate forecasts into tester capacity by platform/factory, identify bottlenecks 6–18 months out, plan investments and trade-offs.
• Supply Chain Performance Excellence: Own capacity plan accuracy, forecast-vs-actual utilization, and constraint prediction; improve tester/manufacturing utilization and NPI/ramp readiness.

Skills

Capacity management

Semiconductor domain knowledge

Analytical thinking

Education

BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Cisco in San Jose seeks a senior Capacity Planner to lead data-driven capacity planning across silicon manufacturing and OSAT networks. You will translate demand, hardware configurations, and manufacturing flows into executable plans, partnering with production, engineering, and supply teams to safeguard supply continuity.

The role focuses on modeling, forecasting accuracy, and bottleneck mitigation 6–18 months ahead, requiring deep semiconductor supply-chain expertise and practical OSAT