Senior Director of Engineering - RF IC Design

A new opportunity has arisen for a Senior Director of Engineering to join a multi national company innovating high performance Analog semiconductors to help power the Wireless networking revolution!

The Senior Director of Engineering will join the Irvine, California design center and will lead circa 10 engineers responsible for modules designs.

You will be responsible for defining architectures, driving feasibility studies, meeting aggressive customer development schedules with best-in-class performance and best cost.  This combination of goals requires exceptional technical, business, interpersonal, developmental and inspirational leadership skills, combined with a natural desire to win through innovation, teamwork and execution at all phases. You will have direct customer engagement and will be involved with discussing technical roadmaps, hence a strong understanding of the design process is required and a background in hands on Analog and/or RF IC Design is highly valuable.

This position requires strong cross-functional team building skills. The culture is designed to promote fast decision making and a sense of individual ownership so you will have the opportunity to make a difference at the company and BU level in this role. You must have an excellent understanding of high efficiency, low-cost power amplifiers and integrated RF front-end multi-chip modules (PAs, acoustic filters/duplexers, antenna RF switches, couplers, LNAs and all associated impedance matching) for the cellular mobile communications market. You must possess cross-functional leadership and customer interface skills and have demonstrated excellent communication skills and a passion for technical team leadership and development.

Responsibilities include:

• Leadership of multiple module designs (you will need to serve as the customer interface as well ensure that program development is on track)
• Detailed architecture, floor planning, cost estimation
• Resource allocation
• Drive design methodology improvements, best practice adherence
• Ensure new team members are properly trained and mentored, and all team members are developing to their full potential
• Work closely with the product leads to ensure they have the necessary resources to meet critical goals
• Participate in the recruiting, interviewing, hiring and on-boarding activities
• Provide regular updates to Senior Management on progress toward meeting our goals
• Facilitate and lead detailed technical discussions with different customers to define architectures, drive rapid feasibility studies, and support system studies

Industry degree qualified the successful Senior Director of Engineering will have a minimum of 15 years’ relevant experience relating to Analog/RF IC Design and a minimum of 6 years of technical  leadership / team management experience.

The company has a strong focus on global collaboration and the freedom to make meaningful contributions in a setting that encourages creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. Their work culture values diversity, social responsibility, open communication, mutual trust and respect.  

Contact Leon at IC Resources today to apply and find out more