Director, Custom Silicon Solutions – Program Strategy

Role Overview

• Lead and manage a cross-functional team supporting custom silicon solution strategy, execution, and operational readiness for hyperscale and cloud customers.
• Drive customer engagements related to test engineering, manufacturing operations, and program execution strategies.
• Own and oversee RFI/RFQ sizing activities, resource planning, cost modeling, and execution assessments for custom cloud silicon opportunities.
• Partner closely with Finance, Marketing, Sales, Operations Engineering, Design Engineering, DFT, and Program Management teams on day-to-day strategic and operational activities.
• Develop and align product/test engineering strategies to support advanced custom silicon solutions including AI, accelerated compute, and cloud infrastructure products.
• Translate customer application requirements and success criteria into scalable engineering and operational execution plans.
• Lead cross-functional execution reviews, program tracking, risk assessments, and customer deliverable management.
• Define and drive test engineering methodologies, test coverage strategies, and manufacturing readiness plans for advanced process technologies.
• Support technology roadmap alignment and strategic investment planning for next-generation test engineering capabilities.
• Serve as a senior customer-facing representative for technical reviews, operational discussions, and executive-level engagements.
• Enable organizational scaling, operational efficiency, and execution excellence across multiple concurrent customer programs.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in Product Engineering, Test Engineering, Operations Engineering, or related semiconductor engineering disciplines
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required; MSEE preferred
• Proven leadership experience managing engineering and/or operations teams in semiconductor product organizations
• Strong technical familiarity with accelerated infrastructure silicon building blocks including: Advanced process nodes (TSMC 5nm and below), High-density compute architectures, High-speed interfaces, Die-to-die interfaces, HBM technologies, Multi-Chip Module (MCM) architectures
• Knowledge of Advantest and Teradyne platform capabilities
• Experience with test plan generation, silicon bring-up, characterization, yield optimization, and manufacturing execution.
• Experience supporting high volume, compressed schedule bring-up of SoC or custom ASIC or cloud silicon programs is preferred.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills across Engineering, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain organizations.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and customer communication skills.
• Experience driving complex technical programs from concept through production.

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• Exceptional, comprehensive benefits that support employees at every stage
• Employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back
• Family support programs to help balance work and home life
• Robust mental health resources to prioritize emotional well-being
• Recognition and service awards to celebrate contributions and milestones