Global VP, Field Engineering & Customer Impact

Socket.dev; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

proteanTecs is seeking an experienced and strategic VP of Worldwide Field Engineering to lead our global Field Engineering organization end-to-end, coordinating regional Application Engineering leaders and driving the technical customer journey across accounts worldwide.

You will partner with the CTO, R&D, and Sales to drive adoption, integration, and expansion of our semiconductor solutions throughout the silicon development lifecycle, travel globally, and build trusted executive relationships

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry in field engineering, applications engineering, customer engineering, or related roles.
• Proven ability to lead and scale global technical organizations across geographies.
• Hands-on foundation in semiconductor design flows—synthesis, place & route, STA, SoC/ASIC.
• Experience with semiconductor IP and/or EDA solutions and integration into customer environments.
• Proven track record managing executive-level relationships with leading semiconductor companies.
• Strong combination of technical depth, customer orientation, business acumen, and executive presence.
• Willingness to travel globally.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and scale a worldwide Field Engineering organization across territories.
• Own the end-to-end technical customer journey across accounts globally.
• Oversee integration of IPs and EDA tools into customer silicon design flows (RTL, synthesis, P&R, STA).
• Develop trusted relationships with senior technical and executive stakeholders at strategic customers.
• Partner with Sales and Business Development on strategic accounts and design wins.
• Lead customer engagements, technical evaluations, PoCs, and enablement activities.
• Drive technical review meetings to understand challenges and opportunities for innovation.
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Management, and Program Management to translate feedback into new features.

Skills

Semiconductor expertise

Global leadership

Design flows

IP/EDA experience

Executive relationships

Communication skills

Willing to travel

Job description

proteanTecs is seeking an experienced and strategic VP of Worldwide Field Engineering to lead our global Field Engineering organization end-to-end, coordinating regional Application Engineering leaders and driving the technical customer journey across accounts worldwide.

You will partner with the CTO, R&D, and Sales to drive adoption, integration, and expansion of our semiconductor solutions throughout the silicon development lifecycle, travel globally, and build trusted executive relationships