--- title: Director, Silicon Operations Production Planning description: NVIDIA is hiring for the Director, Silicon Operations Production Planning role in Santa Clara, CA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/director-silicon-operations-production-planning-at-nvidia-01a12d57-b96d-7343-92db-dd5f1ebc8a6d date: 2026-10-12T00:15:42Z og_description: Join NVIDIA as Director, Silicon Operations Production Planning in Santa Clara, CA. Pays $216K–$339.2K per year. On-site role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/7pmeqk.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Santa Clara, CA | | **Salary** | $216K/yr - $339.2K/yr | | **Posted** | Oct 10, 2026 | ## Description NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. We are now looking for a Director, Silicon Operations Production Planning to join our advanced packaging operations and supply planning team in Santa Clara Office. **What you'll be doing:** - You will build and lead a dynamic team of operations supply planners. You will act as a vital connection within Operations, Engineering and the Business Units to set priorities and supply strategies. - You'll own operations' supply commitments for multiple advanced packaging chip product families that the company will rely on to make customer and revenue commitments. - Present supply challenges to management team and make recommendations for resolutions, including capacity and material investments, trade-offs, risk calls, and beyond. - Drive team to craft optimized production schedule for multiple products and SKUs considering die availability, priorities, materials availability and constraints for NVIDIA's execution teams. Alongside also drive and influence decisions on dependent demands of high bandwidth memories (HBMs), interposers, substrates, and other materials, in order to support the required build plan. - Work closely with teams and leaders from wafer planning team, datacenter systems planning team, and business unit representatives to drive and align supply strategies, ensuring optimized build plan to meet demand. Your involvement will be essential in understanding and addressing alignment issues between wafer supply and FG build plan. - Often times there will be capacity, materials, and production issues that will prevent satisfying all demand. You will be the leader in charge to determine tradeoff options and work with internal partners to craft the optimal plan. - Work with the program managers & engineers to facilitate ramp plans for products from early-stage sampling to high-volume production. - It's NVIDIA's culture to keep striving for continuous improvement with our partners. You will provide suggestions to the management team of NVIDIA and its subcontractors on how to pursue a higher performance level on our Key Performance Indexes including committed shipment hit rate, cycle time, and production line efficiency. **What we need to see:** - 12 + overall years of working experience in the semiconductor operations field - Supply Planning / Supply Chain or relevant areas, along with 8 + years of experience managing team(s) with direct reports. - Degree in Industrial Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent experience in semiconductor Planning. - Effective communication, problem-solving, teamwork, organizational, and quantitative skills. - Ability to balance the right amount of vital details along with succinctly summarized big picture to drive decisions with senior and executive management. - Proficiency in business software applications such as Microsoft Office, Excel VBA, SAP, SAP APO, IBP, Windchill, industry leading Advanced Planning software. - Language: Excellent English skills on reading, writing, speaking, and listening - Personality: highly organized, detailed orientated, a self-starter with a strong sense of ownership. **Ways to stand out from the crowd:** - Background or experience in engineering, advanced packaging operations. - To demonstrate consistently the ability to drive solutions to real world operational problems that hinder our ability to hit the goals. - To lead internal and external team members with interpersonal skills to establish preventive action plans that can improve the overall performance of the company. - To demonstrate expert system skills in using AI tools to improve efficiency and quality of work. We have some of the most brilliant and talented people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our outstanding operations teams are growing. If you're a creative and autonomous professional with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you. You can do your life’s work here! Join us! Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family [www.nvidiabenefits.com/](http://www.nvidiabenefits.com/)  Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 216,000 USD - 339,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and [benefits](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/). Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 15, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. ## Skills - Ramp - Active Listening - Balance Sheet - Influencing - Preventive Action - Quantitative Analysis - Self-Motivation - Cycle Time Reduction - Semiconductor Industry Knowledge - Robotics - Teamwork - Microsoft Excel - Problem Solving - Planning - Interpersonal Skills - Advanced Packaging - Visual Basic For Applications - Continuous Improvement Process - Computer Graphics - Supply Chain - Microsoft Office - GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) - English - Production Line - Organizational Skills - SAP APO - Communication - SAP - Writing ## Related - [More jobs at NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Logistics & Transportation jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/logistics-and-transportation?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Supply Chain Management jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/logistics-and-transportation/supply-chain-management?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Supply Chain Manager jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/logistics-and-transportation/supply-chain-management/supply-chain-manager?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 276153 jobs - [Computer Hardware](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-hardware?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 28796 jobs - [Santa Clara, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/santa-clara?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 7658 jobs - [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 5102 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 276153 jobs - [Computer Hardware](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-hardware?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 28796 jobs - [Santa Clara, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/santa-clara?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 7658 jobs - [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 5102 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)