Senior Director, Product Engineering

NAVITAS SEMICONDUCTOR USA, INC.•Raleigh, NC

About The Position

Navitas Semiconductor is a next-generation power semiconductor leader developing gallium nitride (GaN) and high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) technologies for AI data centers, high-performance computing, energy and grid infrastructure, and industrial electrification. The Senior Director of Product Engineering leads the product engineering organization and owns full product lifecycle execution for Navitas’ SiC and GaN power device platforms. The role ensures electrical performance, manufacturability, yield, reliability, and customer quality from initial silicon bring-up through high-volume manufacturing and field deployment. This position leads product development, characterization, qualification, production release, and sustaining activities. It works across internal engineering and business teams as well as external foundries and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers. The Senior Director also serves as the senior technical escalation point for product issues, supports customer and pre-sales engagements, and builds and mentors the SiC and GaN product engineering organization.

Requirements

Minimum 12 years of product engineering experience in power semiconductor devices.
Strong hands-on experience 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 mechanisms, and high-power applications.
Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Strong background in yield analytics, defect screening, production data analysis, and statistical methods.
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with Technology, Foundry, Test, Quality, Operations, PMO, and FAE teams, and with external foundries and OSATs.

Nice To Haves

PhD in Electrical Engineering.

Responsibilities

Lead SiC and GaN product engineering from initial silicon development through qualification, production release, and sustaining support.
Coordinate product development with Business Units, Technology Development, Foundry Device Engineering, OSATs, Test Engineering, Quality, Operations, and PMO.
Develop and implement CP, FT, and QC test programs with the Test Engineering team, and oversee electrical characterization throughout the product lifecycle.
Oversee creation and release of SiC and GaN datasheets and associated documentation.
Work with Reliability Engineering to define and implement reliability strategy, including look-ahead test plans, technology and product qualification, and JEDEC, AEC-Q101, application-driven, and customer-specific qualification processes.
Establish and optimize defect screening methodologies, including DPAT, GDBN, SBL, and SYL.
Review electrical and parametric data monitoring across wafer fabrication, chip probing, final testing, and quality-control screening with Product Operations.
Lead product yield monitoring, debugging, and improvement in collaboration with Foundry Device Engineering and Technology teams.
Serve as the senior technical escalation point for SiC and GaN product issues, support customer inquiries, review failure analyses, and execute corrective actions.
Support pre-sales activities and strategic customer engagements with technical insight into product behavior, reliability margins, and application performance.
Build, lead, and mentor product engineering teams focused on product development, characterization, yield, and reliability.