MTS Product Engineer - Global Tapeout and Mask Organization

About GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries (GF) is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GF makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.
Summary of Role:
As a MTS Product Engineer for Universal Data Exchange (UDE) Product, executes 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.
Other Responsibilities:
Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs
Other duties as assigned by manager / supervisor
Required Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering (Electrical Engineering /Chemical Engineering /Computer Science or related)
Experience: 8+ years in semiconductor, or other engineering manufacturing industry, or related fields
Proven leadership in matrix management across global teams with focus on Data/File exchange products/protocols
Experience in product management and enterprise data systems
Strong understanding of data/file governance, scalability, and security
Strong written and verbal communication skills, planning & organizational skills
Must be proactive, with a desire to continuously improve system solutions, process documentation, and operating procedures
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong planning & organizational skills
Leadership Competencies
Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and influence across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups
Execution-focused with high accountability standards, confident decision-making and escalation judgment
Ability to translate technical complexity into executive-level insights
Collaborative, calm under pressure, and outcomes-oriented
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in electrical engineering, chemical engineering, computer science or related fields
Project management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity
Expected Salary Range
$98,000.00 - $176,000.00
The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
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