Director of Engineering

Ledgent Technology; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ledgent Technology is seeking a Director of Engineering for semiconductor packaging to lead technology platforms and drive market adoption with global customers. This role is based in Austin, TX and requires extensive industry experience to shape technology roadmaps and customer initiatives.

You will partner with Sales, R&D, and manufacturing to align roadmaps, manage strategic accounts, and represent the company at industry events and forums, promoting capabilities and differentiators across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Electrical, Materials, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Promote and drive market adoption, ecosystem leadership, and revenue growth of strategic technologies and advanced packaging platforms.
• Align customer requirements with development roadmaps and packaging innovation strategy with Sales, Factory, and R&D.
• Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and consortia to expand strategic customer partnerships.
• Develop technology promotion strategies with key customers by understanding their business drivers, IC applications, system architectures, and market positions.
• Create technical marketing materials and deliver technical presentations to communicate capabilities and differentiation.
• Drive technology engagements that lead to new business opportunities and design wins.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Engineering or related

Tools

Engineering simulation tools

HFSS

CFD

Cadence APD

Job description

Director of Engineering (JN -072026-425987) Sunnyvale, California

Salary: USD180000 - USD200000 per year

Director of Engineering - Semiconductor / Advanced IC Packaging

Location: Austin, TX

Salary: 180k – 200k per year

SUMMARY:

The primary goal of this position is to promote and drive market adoption, ecosystem leadership, and revenue growth of specific strategic technologies and advanced packaging platforms, including chiplet and package architectures, 2.5D/3D integration, heterogeneous integration, and system-in-package solutions, to global customers through engagement with customer engineers and technologists across their global organizations from IC design, package and system architects, manufacturing and market applications, as well as through conferences and industry forums. This position serves as the critical bridge between market demand and technology innovation, translating customer product roadmaps and industry trends into packaging technology strategies and business opportunities through deep technical dialogue, early-stage architecture influence, and ecosystem collaboration.

Working in close partnership with Sales, Factory engineering, and R&D teams, the Director aligns customer requirements with technology development roadmaps and packaging innovation strategy. Advise factory engineering teams on technology innovations and technology qualifications in collaboration with foundry partners, equipment suppliers, materials providers and industry consortia to strengthen leadership in heterogeneous integration technology. The ultimate objective is to represent the company in industry forums, conferences, and consortia to expand strategic customer partnerships, and translate advanced packaging technology leadership into sustained revenue growth and market differentiation.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following, other duties may be assigned: The Director Engineering, Marketing & Technical Promotion is responsible for promotion of strategic technology platforms to global customers. This role provides technical leadership in engagements with customer engineering organizations, including design, technology and product development. The Director works closely with factory engineering, R&D, and Sales to align customer technology requirements with development roadmaps, and business growth objectives.

The successful candidate must be a persuasive communicator capable of engaging both technical and business audiences within the organization as well as external partners, customers, and industry professionals. The role includes representing the company at industry events, conferences, and technical forums to promote capabilities, technology leadership, and competitive advantages.

Other responsibilities include:

• Develop technology and service promotion strategies with key customers by understanding their business drivers, IC applications, system architectures, and market positions
• Create technical marketing materials (presentations, white papers, and technical briefings) to effectively communicate the company's capabilities and technology differentiation
• Deliver technical presentations and engage with customer design, packaging and system teams to promote and position our technologies for next-generation products
• Collaborate with application engineering and Sales to promote technical capabilities, roadmaps, and manufacturing strengths
• Facilitate communication between customers and internal engineering teams to address technology gaps and support product deployment. Contribute long-term roadmap development with manufacturing and R&D organizations
• Advise internal stakeholders on customer technology trends, competitive positioning, and key technical issues
• Drive technology engagements that lead to new business opportunities and design wins, increasing adoption of the company's strategic platforms
• Support executive management in shaping long-term advanced packaging technology and business strategies

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

We prefer candidates with a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Electrical, Materials, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a related field, with 12+ years of semiconductor industry experience, preferably in semiconductor packaging or advanced packaging technologies.

Candidates should have experience managing strategic customer accounts and strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. The role requires the ability to deliver technical presentations, develop customer proposals, and provide structured progress reports.

Strong organizational and computer skills are required.

• Proven ability to analyze technology and market trends to define and execute short-term and long-term business strategies
• Strong understanding of semiconductor device physics, packaging technologies, and manufacturing processes, including flip chip, bumping, 2.5D/3D, high-density fan-out, and silicon photonics integration
• Familiarity with emerging trends such as chiplet integration, advanced interconnects, substrate innovations, and electrical and thermo-mechanical performance optimization, and advanced manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of packaging reliability, defect analysis, and qualification processes
• Experience in package development, architecture planning, and SI/PI performance analysis at package and PCB system levels
• Experience with DOE methodologies, BOM development, and thermo-mechanical assessments
• Working knowledge of engineering simulation tools (e.g., FEA, HFSS, CFD, Cadence APD) is a plus
• Proven strong ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with customers, vendors, and internal teams to develop and support advanced packaging technologies
• Active participation in industry networks or professional societies is highly desirable