The Senior ASIC Cost Analyst will build cost models and run cost governance for our next-generation satellite and customer terminal chips. You'll work closely with Silicon Engineering and the NPI team from the earliest design stages to build the cost picture for each new chip, covering wafer pricing, die size and yield, advanced packaging, test, and supply chain. As designs mature, you'll own the cost governance process. That means setting cost targets, maintaining the official cost baseline, reviewing changes against those targets, and holding programs accountable for cost. You'll provide the trusted cost numbers behind design, supplier, and manufacturing decisions, which ultimately drive material cost savings. You'll also partner with supplier management, supply chain, and finance, report to the ASIC Cost Manager, and brief senior leaders on cost status, risks, and savings opportunities.
Key job responsibilities
Build and maintain bottom-up "should-cost" models for ASICs. These cover wafer pricing, die size and gross die per wafer, yield, packaging and substrate, test time and ATE rates, and logistics.
Model costs across volume tiers and scenarios, such as different packaging options or supplier models (current suppliers vs. co-investment), and recommend the most cost-effective option.
Analyze wafer sort and final test costs: test time, how many parts are tested at once, ATE hourly rates and yield effects. Find ways to reduce test cost.
Compare supplier quotes from foundry, packaging and test vendors (e.g., TSMC, GF, ASE) against should-cost. Prepare cost breakdowns and fact-based arguments for negotiations.
Partner with supplier managers, program managers and engineering to set cost targets and track progress against them.
Track cost reduction efforts and savings. Report cost trends and risks in monthly business reviews.
Run sensitivity and what-if analyses for forecasts, yield ramps and changes in volume or pricing.
Maintain cost data, assumptions and model version control. Improve and automate cost modeling tools.
Present clear, data-backed recommendations to senior leadership.
Build scalable tools, dashboards and data pipelines so cost modeling is faster, repeatable and easy to check.
About the team
Our mission is to make satellite connectivity hardware affordable at scale. Our vision is a company where cost is treated as a core design requirement, just like performance and reliability, and where decisions rest on cost data everyone trusts. You'll work directly with design & test engineers, product development, supply chain and finance, and you'll present your findings to senior leaders.
