Senior Capacity Planner

About the role

Forming Our Future together

FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product life cycle - from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor's products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. The company serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Rooted in our core values - Focus on the Customer, Ownership & Accountability, Respectfully & Effectively Communicate, and Motivate & Develop People - we foster an environment where diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Everyone can make an impact here. Whether it's improving products, supporting customers, or positively influencing peers and the community, the contributions of our people matter.

Shift: The regular hours for this position are day shift.

About the role

The Senior Capacity Planner owns and evolves the finite capacity planning strategy across assigned and adjacent value streams (assembly, test, sub- fab support operations), ensuring alignment of equipment, labor, and critical facility services to SIOP demand signals and business objectives. This role operates with end-to-end ownership of capacity models, drives multi-scenario planning across short-, mid-, and long-range horizons, and leads cross-functional decision-making optimizing throughput, service levels, and margin performance.

The Senior Capacity Planner serves as a key influencer in SIOP to S&OE translation, proactively identifying risks, recommending trade-offs, and coordinating actions across Operations, Planning, Engineering, Facilities, HR, and Sourcing to enable scalable and resilient factory performance, particularly during ramp and volatility.

Key Responsibilities

Finite Capacity Modeling & Scenario Planning

• Own and continuously improve enterprise-level, finite capacity models spanning multiple work centers, tool groups, and interdependent value streams.
• Translate SIOP/MPS outputs into resource-constrained production plans, incorporating operational, labor, and facility constraints.
• Design and execute advanced scenario modeling (e.g., demand volatility, NPI ramps, tool availability, labor constraints), providing data-driven recommendations with clear trade-offs (cost, service, throughput, margin).
• Establish and standardize planning assumptions, methodologies, and governance for capacity modeling across planning horizons.

Constraints Management & Execution Leadership

• Identify, quantify, and prioritize systemic bottlenecks and capacity risks; lead cross -functional initiatives to resolve constraints.
• Drive debottlenecking strategies (e.g., capital investments, shift model changes, process improvements, outsourcing decisions) in partnership with Operations, Engineering, and Facilities.
• Lead alignment between SIOP, S&OE, and shop floor execution, ensuring pull-ins/pushouts, freeze windows, and priorities are managed consistently.
• Proactively escalate risks and influence decision-making with clear options and impact assessments.

Ramps, NPI & Industrialization

• Lead capacity planning integration for NPI, ramp, and industrialization activities, ensuring alignment between engineering plans and manufacturing readiness.
• Translate engineering builds, qualifications, and learning curves into capacity and throughput models.
• Partner with HR and Operations to define workforce strategy (skill mix, staffing models, shift structures) required to meet demand scenarios.
• Influence readiness reviews and capacity gate decisions for new product introductions and expansions.

Data Integrity, Analytics & Governance

• Establish ownership and governance of capacity-critical master data (cycle times, routings, yields, lot sizes, tool groups, calendars, downtime assumptions).
• Develop and maintain decision-grade dashboards and analytics (e.g., capacity vs. load, recovery plans, constraint tracking, scenario comparisons).
• Lead monthly and quarterly capacity reviews, providing insights and recommendations to cross-functional and leadership stakeholders.
• Drive alignment of planning data and tools across systems (ERP/APS/BI).

Continuous Improvement & Capability Building

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve planning accuracy, reduce variability, increase OEE, and shorten cycle times.
• Institutionalize standard work, playbooks, and best practices for constrained planning, ramp management, and demand variability.
• Build organizational capability by coaching planners and influencing adoption of best-in-class planning practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional planning initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Deep expertise with finite capacity planning systems (ERP/APS) such as SAP PP/DS, Oracle, Kinaxis, OMP, or equivalent.
• Advanced analytical capability, including scenario modeling, data visualization, and decision support (Excel, Power BI, Tableau).
• Strong understanding of routing structures, BOMs, cycle time modeling, OEE/TPT, yield impacts, and factory control systems.
• Experience supporting factory ramps, capacity expansions, and SIOP-to-S&OE execution alignment.
• Working knowledge of industrial engineering methods (line balancing, takt design, time studies) and Lean/6 Sigma principles.
• Semiconductor or advanced manufacturing experience, including cleanroom operations and tool-based production environments.

Skills

Bill of Materials (BOM), Capacity Planning, Constraints Management, Cycle Analysis, Debottlenecking, Factory Planning, Finite Capacity Scheduling, Industrial Planning, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Scenario Modeling, Semiconductor Manufacturing

Education & Experience

Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience | Required

Pay Range

$104,600.00 - $137,235.00

Pay Range Explained

This role in Livermore, California pays between $104,600.00 and $137,235.00 per year, depending on your experience, skills, and background. Pay may vary in other locations. We offer a full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, a 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), and paid time off. You'll also be eligible for quarterly profit-sharing bonuses and flexible spending or savings accounts.