Senior Director, GaN & SiC Product Engineering

Navitas Semiconductor Usa; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary and bonus

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Navitas Semiconductor Usa in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Senior Director of Product Engineering to lead the product engineering organization and own the full lifecycle for SiC and GaN power device platforms, ensuring performance, manufacturability, yield, reliability, and customer quality from silicon bring-up to high-volume production.

You will guide cross-functional teams across Technology Development, Foundry, Test, Quality, Operations, and PMO, establish qualification and defect screening

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering.
• 12+ years of product engineering experience in power semiconductor devices.
• Hands-on with high-voltage SiC and GaN technologies including MOSFETs, diodes, JFETs, power modules, and GaN HEMTs.
• Deep understanding of SiC and GaN device physics, reliability, and high-power applications.
• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong background in yield analytics, defect screening, production data analysis, and statistics.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Technology, Foundry, Test, Quality, Operations, PMO, FAE teams and external foundries/OSATs.

Responsibilities

• Lead SiC and GaN product engineering activities from silicon development to qualification and production release.
• Coordinate cross-functional product development with BU, Technology Development, Foundry, OSATs, Test, Quality, Operations, and PMO.
• Develop CP, FT, and QC test programs and oversee electrical characterization across the lifecycle.
• Oversee datasheet creation and documentation for SiC and GaN products.
• Define reliability strategy and lead qualification processes (JEDEC, AEC-Q101, customer-specific).
• Establish defect screening methods (DPAT, GDBN, SBL, SYL).
• Monitor electrical/parametric data across wafer fabrication to QC screening; drive yield improvements.
• Serve as senior technical escalation point for SiC/GaN issues and support customer inquiries.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Yield analytics

Reliability engineering

Education

M.S. or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

GaN devices

SiC devices

JEDEC qualification

Job description

Navitas Semiconductor Usa in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Senior Director of Product Engineering to lead the product engineering organization and own the full lifecycle for SiC and GaN power device platforms, ensuring performance, manufacturability, yield, reliability, and customer quality from silicon bring-up to high-volume production.

You will guide cross-functional teams across Technology Development, Foundry, Test, Quality, Operations, and PMO, establish qualification and defect screening