Advanced Commercialization Engineer IV (ACE Engineer IV)

**This role is onsite in Austin TX

The Advanced Commercialization Engineer IV for the New Product Commercial team (NPC)acts as a senior technical authority driving early commercialization offirst‑in‑worldsemiconductor equipment by shaping architecture, manufacturability, cost intent, and supply readiness before design lock. 

Operates at the front end of the product lifecycle to ensure design intent, supplier capability, and manufacturing strategy are aligned while leverage is highest.  

Solves complex, ambiguous problems with asystems‑levelperspective to enable scalable execution downstream

Provides technical program leadership across engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing to ensure early technical decisions translate into executable, scalableresults.

Exercises significant judgment in balancing technical, commercial, and operationaltrade-offs. 

Key Responsibilities

• Leads front-end commercialization engineering engagement during concept, architecture, and early design phases to influence manufacturability, cost, scalability, reliability, and serviceability.

• Provides advanced Design for Excellence (DFx) leadership (DfM,DfA,DfC,DfS,DfR, ITO, transportability) to drive early design decisions and prevent downstream issues.

• Engages suppliers as key technical partners, leading capability assessments, co-development discussions, and Technical Roadmap (TRM) alignment.

• Acts as a technical co-owner of product definition, challenging architecture, material selection, tolerances, modularity, andintegrationdecisions using data, modeling, and build experience.

• Applies should-cost principles and manufacturing process economics to identify and eliminate cost risk in design before it becomes a supplier negotiation problem; uses knowledge of process sequencing, GD&T implications, and feature complexity to challenge design decisions and prioritizeDFxactions with the highest cost and producibility impact. Collaborates with Product Cost Engineering tovalidatecost assumptions and align onDFxrecommendations.

• Defines and drives the Master Layout (MLO) strategy when design maturity is incomplete,determiningtheminimumviablelayout content and interface definitionrequiredto enable Virtual Analysis(VA)progression. 

• Executes Virtual Analysis(VA)using partial models and evolving designs, preserving design intent whileidentifyingmanufacturability, serviceability, and producibility risks; clearly documents assumptions,constraints, andrequireddesign clarifications. 

• Influences Design Engineering to resolve ambiguity that blocks commercialization readiness, ensuring manufacturing strategy, producibility considerations, and supplier constraints arecomprehendedand reflected in the forward design path.

• Analyzes complex mechanical and electrical designs to ensure producibility and scalability; leads virtual analysis including Master Layout (MLO)andvalidatesdesigns through early physical builds.

• Identifiesand mitigates commercialization risks including RTM readiness, SPOFs, capacity constraints, long-lead components, cost risk, and quality exposure.

• Influences manufacturing and sourcing strategies in partnership with Design Engineering, Supply Chain,DFx, and Materials teams.

• Participates in and leads design reviews, providing authoritativeDFxand commercialization input focused on cost, quality, cycle time, and scalability.

• Drives engineering build and ELS learning cycles, ensuring issues are captured,reviewedand mitigated while preservingDFxintent through launch and transition to NPI.

• Partners with Program Management and Materials Program Management to trackDFxand commercialization inputs as tangible program deliverables.

• Supports change control activities (ECOs, NSRs, SPSs, ESWs) andperformsroot cause corrective analysis (RCCA) and long-term corrective actions (LTCA) as needed.

• Mentors less-experienced engineers andcontributesto best-known methods (BKMs), tools, and processes.

• Develops and drives technical execution plans forDFxand commercialization workstreams from concept through early builds, aligned with overall programobjectives.

• Provides technical execution leadership acrossDFxand commercialization workstreams: coordinates cross-functional resources, tracks and mitigates technical risks, and delivers grounded status and readiness assessments to Program Management and leadership — in partnership with TPMs and MPMs.s.

• Establishes and governs the approach for progressing commercialization and virtual validation when designs are incomplete, ensuring early decisionspreservearchitectural intent while enabling forward manufacturing and supplier strategies.

Functional Knowledge

Demonstrates depth and/or breadth ofexpertisein mechanical and/or electrical engineering disciplines with strong working knowledge of manufacturing processes — including machining, sheet metal, frames, plastics, and precision fabrication —DFx, and supplier engagement practices. Possesses working knowledge of should-cost principles and manufacturing process economics as applied to producibility and cost risk assessment; uses cost awareness to challenge design decisions and prioritizeDFxactions. Possesses broad understanding of the product lifecycle from concept through commercialization.

Business Expertise

Interprets internal and external business challenges and market drivers; recommends product, process, or service improvements to enhance competitiveness, cost structure, and scalability.

Leadership

May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and complexity. Acts as a technicalinfluenceracross engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing organizations.

Problem Solving

Leads cross‑functional teams to resolve complex, multi‑disciplinary technical issues with program‑level impact, balancing performance, cost, risk, and time‑to‑market.Forgesa path forward in high ambiguity by translating incomplete design artifacts into a defensible MLO strategy and virtual validation plan, balancing design intent with commercialization, manufacturability, and supplier reality.

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