Principal Customer Engineer – Mobile, IoT & Consumer BU

SiTime Corporation•Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

SiTime is seeking an experienced Principal Customer Engineer for its Mobile, IoT and Consumer Business Unit. The role serves as the technical leader for strategic customer engagements, combining system-level expertise, customer influence and cross-functional leadership to support customer success, shape product roadmaps and accelerate adoption of SiTime timing solutions across mobile, IoT and consumer platforms. The position involves worldwide customer engagement and influence on customer architecture decisions, product strategy and roadmaps. The engineer provides technical authority in customer discussions and escalations, guides timing architecture and system integration, and leads complex debugging and root-cause analysis. The role also coordinates resolution of high-impact customer issues across internal teams and translates customer requirements, market trends and competitive insights into recommendations. Success includes supporting revenue growth and design wins, building trusted-advisor relationships, mitigating adoption risks, and improving cross-functional execution. The position requires at least 10 years of relevant technical leadership experience and deep expertise in system-level timing design and integration. A BSEE in Electrical Engineering is required; an MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field is a plus. English proficiency is required. SiTime offers a competitive compensation package, quarterly bonus eligibility tied to innovation goals, equity grants, and benefits including a 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, life, parental leave, legal services and time-off plans.

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience in customer engineering, applications engineering, system engineering or related technical leadership roles.
Deep expertise in system-level timing design and integration.
Proven success owning complex customer engagements and driving resolutions across organizational boundaries.
Understanding of system-level application specifications and the power, size and deployment considerations of timing solutions.
Strong ability to influence without authority and align technical decisions with business impact.
BSEE in Electrical Engineering.
English proficiency sufficient to communicate, collaborate and perform job responsibilities in a professional business environment.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for technical and executive audiences.
Ability to operate independently and drive outcomes in ambiguous, high-impact situations.
Passion for technical excellence and customer success.

Nice To Haves

Experience with MCU and MPU system-level and PCB considerations.
MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
Prior end-product design experience leading to high-volume manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Own technical engagement for strategic Mobile, IoT and Consumer customers worldwide at architectural and system levels.
Serve as the technical authority in customer discussions, escalations and long-term partnerships.
Shape customer adoption strategy by aligning system requirements, application trends and business priorities.
Collaborate with MEMS, CMOS, Packaging and Systems R&D, Product Marketing, Quality, Operations, FAE and Sales to enable customer success.
Lead cross-functional resolution of high-impact customer issues, with clear accountability and prioritization.
Translate customer requirements, market trends and competitive insights into product, architecture and roadmap recommendations.
Advise on timing architecture, device selection and system integration across Mobile, IoT and Consumer platforms.
Lead complex system-level debugging involving power, noise coupling, RF interaction, clock integrity, startup behavior and field reliability.
Drive root-cause analysis and define systemic corrective actions across customer designs and internal products.
Define timing architecture recommendations for next-generation mobile, IoT and consumer platforms.
Influence customer system architecture decisions using expertise in timing, synchronization, clock distribution, power, RF interaction and system reliability.