Jang Gyoo Yang was an Executive Vice President and Head of Mechatronics Research at Samsung Electronics from 2017 to 2024. He joined the company in 2012 as a Vice President and served as Head of the Fab Equipment Team. He was responsible for developing Samsung's next-generation innovative equipment technologies in collaboration with suppliers and deploying them in a timely manner to maintain the company's leading position in the industry.

Prior to joining Samsung, he held various technical and leadership positions—including Distinguished Member of Technical Staff and Director of Engineering—at Applied Materials, Intevac, and Novellus from 2000 to 2012. His major contributions throughout his career included exploring new ideas and leading the development and productisation of Etch, CVD, and Dry Cleaning equipment, leveraging his expertise in RF and plasma Technologies.

He began his career in fusion science and engineering. From 1994 to 2000, he led the development of a high-power RF/microwave heating system and operated the large-scale Magnetic Mirror Machine for the national plasma fusion facility as a team leader and senior researcher at the Korea Basic Science Institute. He obtained his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in plasma physics from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, Korea.