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Summary of Role:
As an MTS Product Engineer / Product Management for Universal Data Exchange (UDE) Product, this candidate will execute business priorities and strategy goals for Tapeout and Mask operations, specifically Product Management and the Universal Data/File exchange ecosystem . UDE MTS Engineer owns the product strategy, roadmap, and execution for secure enterprise data movement, Managed File Transfer (MFT), B2B file exchanges, and workflow orchestration across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments. Drives scalable, secure, and customer-focused solutions across semiconductor product enablement workflows will work with our global team of engineers and product owners on business transformation projects. This role will partner closely with Product Lines, Manufacturing Fabs and Customer Sales to create product roadmaps to streamline and modernize tapeout workflows to deliver seamless customer experience.
Essential Responsibilities
Product Vision, Strategy & Roadmap: Define the product vision and roadmap for enterprise data and file exchange services, including APIs, event-driven integrations, managed file transfer, and customer collaboration capabilities.
Interoperability & Standards: Ensure data formats comply with industry protocols, canonical schemas, and regulatory frameworks.
Customer Discovery and Voice of Customer: Gather and prioritize customer requirements through Voice of Customer (VoC) activities, to ensure the UDE roadmap aligns with customer and internal stakeholder needs.
Partner & Ecosystem Management: Oversee external B2B partner data/file transfers, customer file uploads via standard secure/encrypted methods, and API-driven data exchanges
Cross-Functional Leadership: Work with engineering, security, sales, and customers to bridge legacy infrastructure with modern cloud data pipelines
Ecosystem Integration: Partner with engineering to connect disparate storage systems, data warehouses, and external partner/customer networks.
Data Governance & Security: Embed access controls, lineage tracking, and compliance checks directly into the exchange layer.
Business case & value realization: Define business outcomes, ROI models, adoption strategies/metrics (throughput, latency, error), cost reduction opportunities, and customer experience metrics for the UDE platform
AI/Automation Strategy : Identify opportunities to leverage AI/ML, automation, metadata intelligence, and workflow optimization to improve data movement efficiency and customer experience
Key Skills Needed
Deep technical fluency in Secure Protocols like SFTP, FTPS and secure API transfers, Data Governance compliance rules like ITAR, CMMC, CUI and international data governance like European Secure Flow.
Cloud and Hybrid Storage: Manage data flow across AWS, Azure, and on-premises servers.
Strong grasp of data contracts, schema evolution, and backward compatibility.
Large-Size File Transfers: Handle huge GDSII or OASIS layout files smoothly
Strong expertise in automation and scripting languages, particularly Python, combined with advanced knowledge of Linux/Unix systems and troubleshooting.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Work with IT departments, customer sales, and security / compliance teams
Leadership Expectations
Drive alignment across engineering, product, and business teams.
Communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.
Ensure reliability, organization, and scalability of the data ecosystem.
Eliminate customer-facing issues through proactive management and continuous improvement.
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