"As a mechanical designer, I am highly accountable for the efficient and accurate creation of mechanical designs of the Probe card system by effectively reviewing designs and communicating with our customers and vendors. Additionally, taking ownership is a key role in an organization and I own multiple tasks such as effectively communicating with our customers, responsibly releasing design files to the system, and generating design schedules. Taking ownership of these tasks helps avoid any design and manufacturing process delays and final targeted shipping delays. In addition to my role in mechanical design, I am also learning about electrical design to help capture design errors at the earliest design stages and shorten lead times for design review sessions."

Yilkal Andualem
Mechanical Design Engineer
USA – Livermore

"My journey with FormFactor began as a customer 30 years ago, when I was collaborating with Cascade and helped evaluate and develop the ACP probe and Pyramid Probe card. During this time, Cascade must have noticed my potential and hired me as a European Applications Engineer. From that point, I’ve been through numerous development transitions and encountered great opportunities to grow. I found that my loyalty and hard work was consistently rewarded with motivation and support in my personal development. After enjoying successful spells in sales management, product management, corporate strategic marketing, and RF market segment management, I am very much enjoying the opportunity to lead the Systems Marketing team, and help FormFactor gain market share, and reach our growth goals. But the biggest reward for me now is having the opportunity to help others develop and motivate my team to take FormFactor Systems Business to the next level."

Anthony Lord
Sr. Director, Marketing
UK – Remote

"Ownership and accountability are the cornerstones to my career and a value that I look for in all my interactions within and outside of FormFactor.  When we say we will do something, others rely upon us to follow through on our commitment, just like we rely upon others to execute on their commitments. A good portion of our business flows in automation, tried and true. A smaller portion of our business is comprised of one-off situations, requiring the village to come together, solve the problem and execute the outcome. To me, having ownership and accountability doesn’t mean perfection, it means owning when something doesn’t go as planned and committing to determining the root cause and putting in place the plan to improve... and then doing it!"

Beth Beran
Sr. Manager, Accounting Operations
USA – Remote (Michigan)

"Since starting at FormFactor, I've worked on a few projects that aim to directly increase customer satisfaction. As an intern, I developed a robot that provided insight into potential causes and solutions to die lift at the full spring head level. This project directly aligns with our company value of Focus on the Customer, and it’s a personal goal of mine to help develop a solution to die lift. I've also been able to work closely with the ILD team to help qualify our new laser tools to help us increase production speeds and get cutting edge products to our customers faster. Going forward, I hope to continue contributing to our company’s commitment to pushing our technology further for the benefit of our customers."

Abigail Ziegel
Development Engineer
USA – Livermore

"I started at FormFactor as an intern and joined full-time upon graduation. My experience here has been filled with many opportunities to work on new and exciting challenges and develop my career. Our commitment to Respectfully & Effectively Communicate also really resonates with me, because it emphasizes the importance of clear communication to share ideas and information. This focus on effective communication not only encourages, but celebrates providing your input, allowing me to make meaningful contributions. I'm grateful to be part of such a great team where I feel truly valued and supported."

Helena Vallejo
Internal Communications Specialist
USA – San Jose

"I’ve been working with probe systems since 2007 when I started as a mechanical engineer, and I joined the FormFactor team in 2016. Now, I have a hybrid position between mechanical engineering and customer project management in the Cryo-/Vacuum System Group. In this position, Ownership & Accountability is a very important value. I need to make clear commitments to project leaders to stay on track with the project schedule as well as to customers to make sure they receive a high-quality product. Ownership also means for me to identify with the product I’m responsible for and try to improve the functionality and quality as much as possible. Accountability is the keystone for teamwork and project success to get the best customer satisfaction."

Thomas Welisch
Sr. Principal Engineer, Mechanical
Germany – Thiendorf

"In all positions I served at FormFactor, I've been steadily in customer-facing situations. The applications world is full of numbers, units, specifications, drawings, and abbreviations, which stand for (customer) requirements that need to be correctly understood, checked, and matched to the product. This task is dependent on the discipline and dedication which is put into one's own work habits and it is directly linked to earning customer satisfaction, recognition, and trust. Besides that, only excellent products can and shall be sold to our customers, and it is equally important to develop strategies and tactics within the sales team. In short, communicate frankly and straight for trust. I am proud to see such a work atmosphere in my small team day to day – it fills me with joy – an internal satisfaction."

Torsten Kern
Manager, Applications Engineering
Europe – Germany