Senior Production Planner I

MaxLinear is seeking an experienced Senior Production Planner to drive end-to-end production planning and supply execution within a dynamic semiconductor manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for balancing customer demand, production capacity, inventory targets, and supplier commitments to ensure seamless supply continuity and operational excellence.

As a key member of the Supply Chain organization, you will work closely with foundries, OSAT partners, and cross-functional teams including Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Sales, and Finance to optimize production flow, manage supply risks, and support business growth.

• Production Planning & Supply Execution
  • Own end-to-end production planning from wafer fabrication through assembly, final test, and finished goods delivery
  • Develop and communicate weekly, monthly, and quarterly production loading plans with foundry and OSAT partners
  • Align production schedules with customer demand, inventory objectives, and business priorities
  • Monitor production performance and drive recovery actions to address schedule deviations
  • Analyze capacity utilization and identify bottlenecks across assembly and test operations
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to optimize production flow and ensure supply continuity
• Capacity Planning & Supplier Operations Management
  • Manage operational relationships with OSAT partners to ensure delivery, quality, and capacity commitments are achieved
  • Assess short- and long-term capacity requirements and secure capacity to support business growth
  • Lead supplier performance reviews, issue resolution, and escalation management
  • Drive operational excellence initiatives focused on cycle time reduction, throughput improvement, inventory optimization, and service-level performance 
• Demand Planning & Inventory Management
  • Develop and communicate rolling demand forecasts
  • Convert customer demand signals into actionable production and supply plans
  • Monitor forecast accuracy, demand variability, and supply plan execution
  • Manage inventory levels across wafers, substrates, raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
  • Conduct inventory liability analysis and develop mitigation plans for excess, obsolete, and aging inventory
  • Lead inventory disposition, buyback, and recovery initiatives with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Supply Chain Risk Management
  • Perform regular supply risk assessments covering capacity constraints, material shortages, quality issues, and logistics disruptions
  • Develop contingency plans and business continuity strategies with suppliers and internal teams
  • Support scenario planning for demand fluctuations, product transitions, and capacity challenges

• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related discipline
• Minimum 10 years of experience in production planning, supply planning, materials planning, or manufacturing operations
• Experience within a manufacturing environment; semiconductor industry experience is highly advantageous
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk management capabilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Experience working with ERP/MRP inventory planning systems
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX
  • Proven ability to balance customer demand, production capacity, and inventory objectives
  • Demonstrated success in driving operational improvements and planning process enhancements
  • Strong influencing, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration skills

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.