Regional Technical Director

Regional Technical Director – Taiwan

Location: Hsinchu Science Park / Greater Hsinchu Area

Travel: 40–60% (customer fabs, ITRI, SE Asia partners, HQ Colorado)

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Mission

The Regional Technical Director – Taiwan owns technical commercialization and customer adoption of Forge Nano’s Tephra™ ALD platform in Taiwan. This role bridges process credibility, customer roadmap alignment, and production adoption, transforming Tephra from an R&D curiosity into a fab-designed platform of record. This is not a channel sales role — it is a deep technical commercialization leadership role.

Core Responsibilities

Customer & Account Leadership

• Own all Taiwan IDM, foundry, OSAT, and R&D accounts (TSMC, UMC, VIS, PSMC, ITRI, etc.)

• Lead all technical pre-sales engagements, process evaluations, and proof-of-value programs.

• Establish Forge Nano as a trusted process platform partner, not just an equipment vendor

• Drive multi-tool adoption roadmaps and design-in strategies

Technical Sales Execution

• Lead Tephra platform positioning, differentiation, and roadmap mapping to fab needs

• Own PoC → Demo → Pilot → Production conversion funnel

• Develop application qualification strategies for SiC, GaN, power, MEMS, photonics, specialty logic.

• Manage pricing strategy in collaboration with FN Taiwan agent and HQ.

• Demo / Pilot Infrastructure Ownership

• Establish and operate Forge Nano’s Taiwan Demo.

• Own demo utilization, recipe readiness, and customer visit programs

• Build standardized qualification templates and adoption frameworks

Channel Enablement

• Certify and enable FN Taiwan agent through a structured Bronze/Silver/Gold ladder.

• Control messaging, pricing guardrails, and qualification quality

• Maintain technical selling governance.

Must Have

• 12+ years in semiconductor equipment technical sales, process engineering, or fab integration

• Direct experience supporting Taiwan fabs (TSMC/UMC/VIS/PSMC/ITRI, etc.)

• Strong ALD, CVD, etch, or thin-film process knowledge

• Proven PoC → Pilot → Production conversion experience

• Fluent Mandarin and English

Highly Preferred

• Experience launching new platform equipment in Taiwan

• Prior TEL, Lam, KLA, AMAT, ASM, or Applied background

• Power / SiC / GaN / MEMS / photonics process experience

• Existing fab-level technical relationships

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in one of the following:

• Electrical Engineering

• Materials Science & Engineering

• Chemical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Physics or Applied Physics

• Semiconductor Manufacturing / Microelectronics Engineering

Preferred:

Master’s degree (M.S.) in:

• Materials Science

• Chemical Engineering

• Electrical Engineering

• Semiconductor Device Physics

• Thin Film / Surface Science

• MBA or Executive Business Education is a plus for strategic account leadership and multi-tool commercialization

Professional Certifications (Plus):

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• SEMI/semiconductor manufacturing certifications

• Safety certifications relevant to fab operations (EHS, hazardous materials, high-vacuum systems)