Sourcing analyst

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

Strategic Sourcing professionals develop and execute sourcing strategies that ensure reliable, cost-competitive, and scalable supply solutions for the organization. The role creates value by balancing cost, quality, technology, capacity, and risk considerations across external suppliers and manufacturing partners. Professionals in this job family collaborate with engineering, operations, planning, quality, finance, and legal stakeholders to support new product introductions and ongoing production requirements. They assess market conditions, supplier capabilities, and long-term business needs to improve supply chain resilience and performance. As levels progress, accountability expands from transactional sourcing support to enterprise-wide strategic influence, supplier ecosystem development, and industry leadership. The function contributes directly to operational continuity, product competitiveness, business growth, and long-term corporate objectives.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Coordinate with NPI, Production Planning, Engineering, and Quality teams to evaluate supplier performance, identify improvement opportunities, and support data-driven sourcing decisions.
• Independently resolve sourcing issues affecting operational performance.
• Partner with suppliers and internal stakeholders to address critical NPI and HVM supply challenges and support timely resolution of escalated issues.
• Drive corrective actions with suppliers to improve service levels.
• Manage assigned suppliers and negotiate commercial terms within approved guidelines.
• Assess supplier capabilities and support sourcing strategies by leveraging knowledge of semiconductor packaging and test process flows, including QFN, FCLGA, Bump, Probe, DPS, and Final Test.
• Analyze supply-demand trends and develop recommendations to mitigate shortages or excess inventory.
• Develop and maintain supplier performance scorecards, analyze trends, and present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Analyze changes in demand forecasts and comparing them against the capacity commitments provided by OSAT suppliers to identify potential gaps, shortages, or capacity constraints.
• Coordinate sourcing support for new product introductions and production ramps.
• Evaluate supplier performance using quality, delivery, capacity, and cost metrics.
• Participate in supplier selection activities and sourcing strategy development.
• Monitor supply continuity risks for NPI and high-volume manufacturing (HVM) programs and proactively coordinate corrective actions with OSAT partners to mitigate potential supply disruptions.

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• 5+ years related experience or equivalent.
• Ability to coordinate, influence & reconcile with stakeholders.
• Demonstrated negotiation skills.
• Experience managing supplier relationships.
• Experience supporting NPI and production environments.
• Knowledge of semiconductor backend manufacturing and supply chain operations preferred.
• Project management skills.
• Strong data-centric analytical and problem-solving capability.

Travel Requirement

Up to 25% travel required.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including “protected veterans” under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logo and UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP and DuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: http://patents.psemi.com