Director, Electronic Design Engineering

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership Contribute to and execute the short and long-term GaN MMIC product development and technology roadmap. Align engineering resources and development initiatives with corporate growth objectives and market opportunities. Evaluate emerging technologies, competitive offerings, and industry trends to identify innovation opportunities. Engineering Leadership Lead and develop multiple MMIC design teams responsible for GaN-on-SiC based products.

Establish engineering objectives, organizational structures, and resource plans to achieve development goals. Build a high-performance culture focused on innovation, accountability, quality, and execution. Recruit, retain, mentor, and develop world-class engineering talent. Manage managers, technical leads, and senior individual contributors. Product Development Execution Direct multiple concurrent development programs from concept through product qualification and release to production.

Ensure projects meet performance, schedule, cost, quality, yield, and reliability objectives. Drive development process improvements and best practices across all engineering activities. Oversee design reviews and provide executive-level technical guidance for critical design decisions. Ensure effective utilization of Agile development methodologies and project management tools. Cross-Functional Leadership Partner with Product Engineering, Operations, Quality, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams to ensure successful product commercialization.

Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Testability (DFT), yield improvement, and product reliability initiatives. Lead executive program reviews and communicate project status, risks, mitigation plans, and resource requirements. Facilitate organizational alignment to accelerate time-to-market and maximize business impact. Customer and Business Engagement Serve as the senior technical interface for key customers and strategic business opportunities.

Support Product Management in customer visits, technical proposals, feasibility studies, and design-win activities. Provide executive-level technical leadership during customer escalations and strategic engagements. Collaborate with business leaders to identify new market opportunities and growth initiatives. Technology Leadership Guide architecture and design strategy for advanced RF and microwave GaN MMIC solutions. Champion innovation in GaN and related semiconductor technologies.

Foster intellectual property development through patents, publications, and proprietary technology advancements. Establish partnerships with universities, research organizations, foundries, and technology suppliers.