Customer Engineer II California, Santa Clara

SiTime Corp.

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

8 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

401k plan
Health and wellness program

Job summary

SiTime Corp. is seeking a senior-level customer engineer or system architect focused on datacenter, AI, and communications markets.

You will own pre-sale and post-sale technical activities, delivering design-wins and revenue growth by solving timing challenges and shaping solutions for key accounts. You will build trusted advisor relationships with system architects and technical leadership, influence roadmaps, and develop regional training content to empower sales and partners.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of applications and design engineering experience in datacenter, AI, networking or telecom.
  • Proven ability to establish deep technical relationships with system designs and architects.
  • Strong business acumen linking technical solutions to customer needs.
  • Strategic thinker capable of debugging and solving complex technical issues in high-speed SERDES, compute and communications systems.
  • Deep understanding of time synchronization architectures and systems.
  • Knowledge of GR-1244, IEEE1588/PTP, NPT, GPS/GNSS, or G.8262 is helpful.
  • Hands-on timing measurement instrumentation is desirable.

Responsibilities

  • Establish deep technical relationships with assigned key customers, including system architects and technical management.
  • Own and deliver design-wins by collaborating with regional sales to identify design slots and architect SiTime solutions.
  • Drive solution selling via clock tree and architectural discussions at the system level.
  • Create localized technical content and training programs for regional sales teams and channel partners.
  • Advocate for the customer voice to influence SiTime roadmap and strategy for revenue growth.

Skills

Customer engagement
System architectures
Problem solving
Strategic thinking
English proficiency

Job description

Timing is the heartbeat of all electronics, ensuring performance, resilience and scalability. For decades, quartz devices, non-silicon technology, have kept systems in sync, but they struggle in harsher, more demanding environments. MEMS-based Precision Timing delivers greater accuracy, smaller size and resilience. Today, MEMS timing powers over 400 applications, including high-growth ones in AI datacenters, automated driving, industrial and humanoid robots, wearables and IoT.

Our semiconductor MEMS programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance, smaller size, lower power, and better reliability. With more than 4 billion devices shipped, SiTime is changing the timing industry. For more information, visit: www.sitime.com .

Job Summary

We are seeking a senior level customer engineer or system architect with focus in datacenter, AI and communication markets. Successful candidate should be passionate about connecting with customers, understanding system level needs, gaining market trend insights and solving timing challenges. In this highly technical role, you will deliver design-win and revenue growth by owning pre-sale and post-sale technical activities at assigned accounts. It is not necessary to meet all job requirements to be a qualified candidate for the position.

Responsibilities:
  • Establish deep technical relationships with assigned key customers including system architects and technical management, serving as trusted advisor on timing
  • Own and deliver design-wins by working with regional sales to identify available design slots, architect SiTime solutions, and resolve all technical issues pre-sale and post-sale
  • Drive solution selling via clock tree and architectural discussions within key application areas that benefit customers at the system level
  • Create localized technical contents and training programs for regional sales team and channel partners, increasing sales effectiveness
  • Be the customer voice, influencing SiTime roadmap and strategy in service of revenue growth
Qualifications & Requirements:
  • 10+ years of applications and design engineering experience in datacenter, AI, networking or telecom
  • Proven track record of establishing deep technical relationships with system designs and architects
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to connect technical solutions to customer needs
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to debug and solve complex technical issues for customers in applications such as high speed SERDES, compute, and communication systems
  • Deep understanding of time synchronization architectures and systems
  • Knowledge of industry standards such as GR-1244, IEEE1588/PTP, NPT, GPS/GNSS, G.8262 preferred
  • Hand-on experience with timing measurement instrumentation desirable
Desired Characteristics & Attributes:
  • Leadership: Own ideas and turn them into opportunities and results
  • Authenticity: speak your mind and advocate for your beliefs with courage and clarity
  • Creativity: imagine the impossible, build strategies and take the leap
  • Courage: Embrace risk and pursue outcomes without fear of failure
  • Persistence: be relentless in solving problems and overcoming objections
  • Teamwork: listen, respect and value diverse perspectives
  • English proficiency is required, including the ability to effectively communicate, collaborate, and perform job responsibilities in a professional business environment.
Compensation Range:

At SiTime, we believe great work deserves great rewards. We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive compensation package designed to attract top talent.

In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a quarterly bonus tied to the achievement of innovation goals—reflecting our commitment to recognizing meaningful impact. We also offer equity grants, providing a meaningful opportunity to share in the company’s future growth and success.

Benefits offered:
  • 401k plan
  • health and wellness that includes medical, dental, vision, life, parental leave, legal services, and time off plans.

SiTime is an Equal Opportunity Employer . We treat each person fairly and we do not tolerate discrimination or harassment against anyone on the basis of any protected characteristics, including race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, pregnancy, political affiliation, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, or marital status or other characteristics protected by law. SiTime participates in the E-Verify program.

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