Director of Application Engineering

CLM Search; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

CLM Search is seeking an engineering leader to manage a U.S. applications team and mentor engineers while guiding work with major semiconductor customers.

The role focuses on developing talent, solving customer challenges, and helping sales teams turn technical discussions into new business. You'll set priorities, coach engineers, and stay involved in critical customer programs, collaborating with sales and technical specialists to align resources with high-value opportunities and advance

Qualifications

• 15+ years in semiconductors, with a degree in engineering or a related technical subject.
• Experience managing customer-facing engineers and developing their capabilities.
• A solid understanding of how semiconductor products are developed, manufactured, and incorporated into customer designs.
• Evidence of helping win business through technical expertise and strong customer relationships.
• Confidence discussing engineering details with technical teams and explaining commercial implications to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set the team's priorities, coach engineers, and stay involved in important customer programs.
• Help customers assess technology options, address development issues, and move projects toward production.
• Make the team more proactive by spotting where customers need additional support and building relationships across their engineering organizations.
• Bring customer feedback into internal planning and align resources with the most valuable opportunities.
• Collaborate with sales and technical specialists to move technical discussions toward new business.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching engineers

Customer-facing engineering

Stakeholder communication

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Our rapidly growing client is hiring an engineering leader to manage a U.S. applications team and guide its work with major semiconductor customers. The position suits someone who enjoys developing engineers, working through customer challenges, and helping sales teams turn technical discussions into new business.

The remit

You will set the team's priorities, coach engineers, and stay involved in important customer programs. Working alongside sales and technical specialists, you will help customers assess technology options, address development issues, and move projects toward production.

A key part of the role is making the team more proactive: spotting where customers need additional support, building relationships across their engineering organizations, and identifying opportunities to expand the business. You will also bring customer feedback into internal planning and help align resources with the most valuable opportunities.

The background

• 15+ years in semiconductors, with a degree in engineering or a related technical subject.
• Experience managing customer-facing engineers and developing their capabilities.
• A solid understanding of how semiconductor products are developed, manufactured, and incorporated into customer designs.
• Evidence of helping win business through technical expertise and strong customer relationships.
• Confidence discussing engineering details with technical teams and explaining commercial implications to senior stakeholders.

Experience across areas such as power, analog, mixed-signal, RF, or connectivity would be relevant.

This is a role for someone who wants to combine team leadership with direct customer involvement and a clear influence on business growth.

(Must be located on the West Coast or willing to relocate to the Bay Area)