Memory Tech Marketing Lead — Design-Win & Roadmap Champion

SK hynix America; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top Tier health insurance

Paid time off & holidays

401k matching

FSA for Health & Dep Care

Educational reimbursement up to $10,0

Donation matching

Corporate discounts

Free meals

Job summary

SK hynix America is hiring a Technical Marketing Engineer/Manager in San Jose, onsite. The role serves as the technical liaison for customers and partners, aligning roadmaps for future memory products and guiding projects through lifecycle stages.

You will lead cross-functional teams, develop collateral, and manage samples while tracking qualification status. Travel 10–30% is expected.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field with relevant experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of the Memory industry and DRAM products, with ability to identify technical trends, market dynamics, and application ecosystems.
• DRAM knowledge at device and system level, including: DRAM design, testing, system validation, or application engineering experience.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, coaching, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Strong knowledge of consumer electronics architecture, ecosystems, and PC/Server/Mobile/IoT platform architectures preferred.
• Self-motivated, responsible, and proactive with the ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines, including executive-level interactions.
• Bilingual Proficiency in Korean and English is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with SoC and OEM partners on Advanced Memory Products (including, but not limited to, Custom HBM and 3D stacked DRAM) and develop technical collateral to secure design wins and promote new products for qualification.
• Gather market intelligence on industry and application technology trends, strategically integrating insights into product roadmaps to secure design wins and maintain industry leadership.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure timely resolution of customer requirements and lead technical meetings to identify optimized solutions from customer engagements.
• Develop and manage relationships with manufacturing facilities, addressing technical and quality issues during the enabling and evaluation phases of new platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and support to sales teams and customers by developing technical information and company insights for sales presentations.
• Research, analyze, and recommend optimized features for future product specifications, determining optimal system configurations for target applications.
• Manage product samples and track progress by identifying and classifying partner sample requests, entering them into the company database, and coordinating expedited shipments based on validation and qualification urgency.
• Document and report technical marketing activity status, progress, and results to peers and management.
• Travel required (10-30%).

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Negotiation

Presentation

Education

Electrical Engineering / CS degree

Job description

SK hynix America is hiring a Technical Marketing Engineer/Manager in San Jose, onsite. The role serves as the technical liaison for customers and partners, aligning roadmaps for future memory products and guiding projects through lifecycle stages.

You will lead cross-functional teams, develop collateral, and manage samples while tracking qualification status. Travel 10–30% is expected.