Director Applications Engineering

Job description

Omni Design is looking for a dynamic leader for the Applications Engineering team - someone with pre-sales and/or post-sales experience supporting customers. The ideal candidate in this role is an engineering leader with experience in mixed-signal design as well as customer engagements preferably in supporting products in the 5G, automotive/ADAS, AI, wireline communications markets. ### Job Responsibilities - Lead the global Applications Engineering team at Omni Design including hiring, training and managing the team. - Lead technical pre-sales engagements as as as post-sales customer support. - Guide the team in managing customer priorities and trade-offs and ensure technical commitments to customers are met on schedule. - Assist customers in adopting Omni Design IP through training & demos, presentations, solving technical issues and leading technical engagements - Understanding of customer’s analog and mixed-signal design challenges, especially at advanced process nodes, and guiding them in refining their requirements and successfully integrating Omni Design IP in their products. - Work with Sales to identify new opportunities, prioritize them and develop winning sales strategies. - Communicate customer requirements and feedback to marketing and engineering and drive issue resolution. ### Qualifications - Excellent leadership and organizational abilities - Good knowledge and experience in semiconductor industry – preferred experience in 5G, automotive, AI market segments - Excellent cross-functional leadership skills; must be able to listen and partner across organizations. - Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills - Ability to multi-task and prioritize between multiple projects - Must have ability to work independently and productively with high quality output and results in a fast paced and dynamic environment. - Good understanding of IC design technology and analog design. - Familiarity with high-speed, high-resolution analog-to-digital (ADC) or digital-to-analog (DAC) data converters and their use in leading edge designs. - Experience in conducting technical presentations and product demos to customers, including development of collateral. - Must possess ability to work with teams spread across geographic locations. - Should be able to seek help proactively as well as share knowledge. ### Education/Experience - Education Requirements: BS/MS in Electrical Engineering - Experience Requirements: 15+ years’ experience in semiconductor industry - Some travel will be required and necessary