Applications Manager – Industrial BU

SiTime Corporation

4h•$138,960 - $191,070

About The Position

SiTime Corporation is seeking an Applications Manager for its Industrial Business Unit. The role bridges the field organization—including sales and field applications engineers—with the Customer Engineering team and System Architects. The manager enables the field organization to resolve customer technical challenges efficiently and effectively, and retains ownership of issues through resolution, engaging Customer Engineering or System Architects when deeper product expertise is needed. The factory applications function is also a primary channel for capturing customer requirements and new product opportunities. In partnership with System Architects, who hold primary responsibility for product definition, this role contributes to defining future products. Initially operating as a player-coach, the manager will establish and grow the factory applications team over the first six to eight months. SiTime develops semiconductor MEMS programmable precision timing solutions used across applications including AI datacenters, automated driving, industrial and humanoid robots, wearables, and IoT. The company reports that more than 4 billion devices have shipped.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
Ten or more years of semiconductor applications engineering experience, including direct customer engagement in a field or factory applications capacity.
Demonstrated experience across the product life cycle, including specification, validation, customer system design, bring-up, and compliance testing.
Proven record of collaborating with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to bring up and debug complex systems.
Experience managing and developing applications engineers, preferably across multiple sites.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with customers, sales, and senior technical staff.
English proficiency, including the ability to communicate, collaborate, and perform job responsibilities in a professional business environment.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Experience with timing, clocking, or high-speed interface products.
Experience supporting industrial markets.
Recognized technical standing, such as a technical ladder appointment, patents, or published application content.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary technical escalation point for sales and field applications engineers, supporting device selection, design reviews, system bring-up, and debug.
Own customer technical issues through resolution, engaging Customer Engineering and System Architects as required.
Develop reference designs, demonstrations, and application notes that illustrate system-level solutions.
Translate recurring technical inquiries into documentation and training for the field organization.
Capture, evaluate, and prioritize customer requirements and new product opportunities identified by the field.
Partner with System Architects to inform new product definition with validated customer and market requirements.
Recruit, develop, and lead a factory applications engineering team.
Establish processes for technical request intake, prioritization, and escalation across the field, factory applications, Customer Engineering, and System Architecture teams.
Define and report metrics for responsiveness, issue resolution, and contribution to design wins.