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How FormFactor hires

Truth index
B 83/100
Median time to fill
48 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
69%
Reposted roles
0%

FormFactor scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 16 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 69% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 48 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

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Overview

Headquartered in Livermore, California, FormFactor is a provider of semiconductor test and measurement technologies and equipment. The company designs and manufactures advanced wafer probe cards, analytical probe stations, thermal systems, and cryostats used throughout the integrated circuit lifecycle. By enabling precise wafer-level testing and characterization, its solutions help major chipmakers accelerate time-to-market and optimize product reliability for modern electronics.

News

News news.alphastreet.com 29 days ago
FormFactor Jumps 6.7% Amid Sector-Wide Rally Read more
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Blog 30 days ago
FormFactor Technology Nominated for the German Future Prize 2026
We're proud to share that technology developed by the Keystone Photonics team, now part of FormFactor, has been nominated for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2026 (German Future Prize)(opens in new tab), the German Federal President's Award for Innovation and
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Blog 1 month ago
From Lab to Fab: How Cryogenic Wafer-Level Characterization Accelerates Semiconductor Development
Cryogenic testing(opens in new tab) has traditionally been associated with research labs, where scientists and engineers characterize individual devices at extremely low temperatures. But as quantum computing(opens in new tab), superconducting electronics
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Blog 1 month ago
How to Choose a High-Voltage Probe for Wafer Test
As power semiconductor devices move toward higher voltages and wider-bandgap materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), wafer-level characterization is becoming more demanding. Engineers need to apply increasingly high voltages whi
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Blog 2 months ago
Beyond Bandwidth - How GenAI Is Reshaping HBM Architecture and Semiconductor Test
Generative AI is changing what semiconductor systems need from memory. As AI models grow, inference workloads become more demanding, and enormous volumes of data move between compute and memory, system performance increasingly depends on how quickly and e
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News The Motley Fool 2 months ago
FormFactor CEO Mike Slessor Sells 16,002 Shares for $2 Million
Sale executed under pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan; Slesser retains stake worth $64 million after 3% stake reduction.
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Blog 2 months ago
Connect with FormFactor at Three Leading Technology Events This September
September is shaping up to be an exciting month for the semiconductor and research communities. From quantum computing and superconductivity to advanced sensing, imaging, and silicon photonics, three major conferences will bring together the engineers, re
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Blog 2 months ago
Testing Photonic Integrated Circuits: 4 Challenges Shaping the Future of AI Infrastructure
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the semiconductor industry at an unprecedented pace. As AI models grow larger and more complex, the infrastructure supporting them must move enormous amounts of data between processors, accelerators, memory, and storag
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at FormFactor over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
66
Postings analysed
90
Stack modernity
67/100
Languages
Python31%
SQL17%
MATLAB16%
C#7%
Frameworks & libraries
Supervision6%
Ray1%
Triton1%
Databases
Oracle6%
Snowflake1%
Cloud & platforms
Power BI14%
Windows12%
Azure7%
Tableau6%
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Full FormFactor tech stack 66 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$137k
Typical range
$44k – $414k
Open positions
75
72 Jobs
Junior 9.7%
Middle 11.1%
Senior 23.6%
Staff 18.1%
Principal 33.3%
Architect 4.2%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 7 $56k $50k – $76k
Middle 8 $57k $48k – $95k
Senior 17 $137k $80k – $414k
Staff 13 $179k $56k – $214k
Principal 24 $152k $95k – $179k
Architect 3 $253k $253k – $338k
Highest paying role Senior Director, Sales $414k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at FormFactor By role, level and city, against the market · 75 jobs with pay

People

Shai Shahar
Executive Officer
Michael Slessor
Executive Officer, Director
Thomas St. Dennis
Director
Jorge Titinger
Director
Rebeca Obregon-Jimenez
Director
Kelley Steven-Waiss
Director
Brian White
Director
Sheri Rhodes
Director
Kevin Brewer
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
77/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
169
43 opened / 48 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
49 days
faster than 28% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
42%
Field & Service
32% ▲
QA
3%
Hardware
3%
Marketing
3%
Operations
3%
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+31 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Singapore Oct 2026
Added TypeScript to stack Oct 2026
Added Prompt Engineering to stack Oct 2026
Added OpenAI to stack Oct 2026
Added JavaScript to stack Oct 2026
Added GitHub to stack Oct 2026
Added Databricks to stack Oct 2026
Added Copilot Studio to stack Oct 2026
Added Copilot to stack Oct 2026
Added AI Agents to stack Oct 2026
Added GDPR to stack Oct 2026
Added SAS to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
9
Hiring now
8
Countries
4
Busiest office
Beaverton
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Livermore United States
HQ
4 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
seen since Apr 2026
Beaverton United States
Remote hub
USA - Beaverton
30 open roles 28 posted in 90 days 23% engineering 93% remote 1000-5000 est. staff $117k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering, Hardware
seen since Dec 2025 job postings
Boulder United States
Plant / site
USA - Boulder
9 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 78% remote 200-500 est. staff $90k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Thiendorf Germany
Regional office
Germany - Thiendorf
7 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Industrial Engineering, Management
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Yokohama Japan
Plant / site
Japan - Yokohama
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Farmers Branch United States
USA - Farmers Branch
2 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Karlsruhe Germany
Germany - Karlsruhe (Keystone)
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Singapore Singapore
Singapore - Marsiling
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Industrial Engineering
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Carlsbad United States
USA - Carlsbad
1 open roles 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
seen since Mar 2026 job postings

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