Senior Director of Application Design & Customer Engineering
- $200,000 - $300,000
- Santa Clara, CA
Senior Director of Application Design & Customer Engineering – Timing Semiconductor Leader (Must Have Timing Technologies / Semiconductor Domain Experience)
A bit about us:
Founded over two decades ago and headquartered in Santa Clara, we are the global leader in precision silicon MEMS timing solutions. With more than 2 billion devices shipped worldwide, we’ve redefined what’s possible in timing technology — delivering unmatched performance, smaller size, lower power, and superior reliability. Our configurable portfolio powers some of the world’s most advanced innovations, from AI and datacenter infrastructure to networking and telecom systems, including products built by household technology leaders. By combining precision timing expertise with a fabless chip model, we enable customers to design faster, smarter, and more efficiently, transforming how electronics operate in today’s connected world.
We are seeking a solution oriented, customer obsessed senior candidate to lead our global customer engineering team. The high impact role will deliver revenue growth in the AI, datacenter and communication markets by building deep technical relationships with our customers and being their trusted advisor. You and the team will serve as the product and technical experts for the sales team to drive design wins and solve customer timing challenges.
We are seeking a solution oriented, customer obsessed senior candidate to lead our global customer engineering team. The high impact role will deliver revenue growth in the AI, datacenter and communication markets by building deep technical relationships with our customers and being their trusted advisor. You and the team will serve as the product and technical experts for the sales team to drive design wins and solve customer timing challenges.
Why join us?
- Competitive Base Salary up to $300K (DOE) + Bonus + Generous RSUs
- Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Parental Leave, 401k, Legal Services, PTO
- Global Leadership Role – Lead a high-impact customer engineering team across AI, datacenter, and networking markets
- Innovation Impact – Influence roadmap, product definition, and technical strategy at the forefront of timing technology
Job Details
- Build a solution centric, customer obsessed global CE team through your leadership and mentorship
- Maximize design-win opportunities across strategic accounts and reference design partners by supporting them with deep timing expertise and tailored solutions pre-sale and post-sale
- Establish deep technical relationships with key customers including system architects and technical management, serving as trusted advisor on timing
- Deliver training programs and technical contents (application use cases, competitive analysis, technical collaterals) to sales team that increase sales effectiveness
- Impact roadmap and product definition through your application and customer insights
- Establish SiTime thought leadership through presentations and talks at industry events, and technical article placements with trade publications or via social media
- Define and develop technical support infrastructure in collaboration with central CE team and Digital Customer Experience team
Looking For
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering (M.S. preferred)
- 15+ years of applications/design engineering, with significant customer-facing leadership in datacenter, networking, or telecom markets
- Proven success managing and scaling global application/customer engineering teams
- Good understanding of datacenter and networking system architecture, and design methodologies
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect technical solutions to customer and market needs
- Deep expertise in timing technologies: oscillators (crystal, XO, TCXO, OCXO, VCXO), MEMS oscillators, frequency synthesizers, clock generators, clock trees, clock distribution, clock buffers, low-jitter design, and phase noise
- Prior experience at leading semiconductor/timing solution companies (e.g., Marvell, Silicon Labs, IDT/Renesas, Epson, Microchip, etc.) strongly preferred
- Strong business acumen and ability to connect technical solutions to system-level market needs
Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.