Director, Infrastructure Hardware

SiTime Corporation•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

SiTime is the Precision Timing company. Timing is the heartbeat of all electronics, ensuring performance, resilience and scalability. For decades, quartz devices, non-silicon technology, have kept systems in sync, but they struggle in harsher, more demanding environments. MEMS-based Precision Timing delivers greater accuracy, smaller size and resilience. Today, MEMS timing powers over 400 applications, including high-growth ones in AI datacenters, automated driving, industrial and humanoid robots, wearables and IoT. Our semiconductor MEMS programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance, smaller size, lower power, and better reliability. With more than 4 billion devices shipped, SiTime is changing the timing industry. For more information, visit: www.sitime.com. We are seeking a Director, Infrastructure Hardware to lead the strategy, development, and delivery of system platforms supporting characterization, validation, ATE, and high-volume manufacturing of SiTime products. This role combines people leadership with end-to-end program ownership, driving cross-functional execution across design, test, product, operations, and external partners. The Director provides high-level system design direction and deep knowledge of hardware build, integration, and bring-up to ensure scalable, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure platforms.

Requirements

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
12+ years of experience delivering complex hardware systems, platforms, or infrastructure for lab, test, ATE, and/or manufacturing environments
5+ years of people leadership experience
High-level system design capability with strong hands-on understanding of hardware build, integration, bring-up, debug, and validation
Experience working with suppliers/contract manufacturers
Excellent communication and influence skills

Nice To Haves

Experience managing budgets, capital expenditures, and vendor contracts for lab/manufacturing infrastructure
Experience leading globally distributed teams and working across time zones
Background supporting semiconductor product development, characterization, validation, ATE, and high-volume manufacturing ramp

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing infrastructure hardware team; set clear goals, expectations, and development plans
Establish strong engineering practices (design reviews, documentation, change control, and risk management) to improve quality and predictability
Partner with cross-functional leaders to define staffing plans, hiring priorities, onboarding, and team operating cadence
Foster a collaborative environment with clear communication, constructive feedback, and effective conflict resolution
Own end-to-end delivery of infrastructure hardware programs from concept through production release, including scope, schedule, budget, and resourcing
Drive cross-functional planning and execution with Design, Test, Characterization, Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain; communicate status, risks, and trade-offs to stakeholders
Establish and manage project plans, milestones, and phase gates
Proactively identify dependencies and bottlenecks; lead issue resolution and escalation to keep programs on track
Set technical direction for scalable infrastructure hardware platforms; translate business and engineering needs into system requirements and roadmaps
Provide high-level system design guidance and ensure robust build, integration, bring-up, and validation plans across labs and manufacturing environments
Drive make/buy decisions, supplier selection, and vendor strategy balancing performance, cost, quality, and supply continuity
Standardize platforms and interfaces to improve reuse, reduce cycle time, and enable multi-product support
Partner with Operations and Quality to drive reliability, compliance, and lifecycle management for infrastructure platforms
Manage infrastructure supplier performance (quality, delivery, cost) and drive continuous improvement with key manufacturing and test partners
Define and track key metrics (cycle time, yield impact, uptime/availability, cost) to improve platform performance and operational efficiency