About this role
*Position Summary*
The Director of Engineering will lead SwiftLink Technologies? engineering organization and oversee the end-to-end development, delivery, and commercialization of advanced RFIC/SoC, millimeter-wave, wireless communication, and satellite communication products.
SwiftLink Technologies is developing advanced EMB chip technologies and next-generation RFIC/SoC solutions for 5G/6G wireless communication, NTN, LEO satellite communication, phased-array systems, broadband connectivity, and high-capacity communication networks. This role requires a senior engineering leader with strong technical depth, full-lifecycle semiconductor product development experience, and the ability to manage complex engineering programs from initial concept and project initiation through architecture, design, verification, tapeout, packaging, testing, validation, customer sampling, and production readiness.
The ideal candidate will have direct experience in semiconductor, RFIC, SoC, wireless communication, satellite communication, telecom infrastructure, or related advanced technology industries. This person must be able to supervise every critical stage of the product development process, identify and mitigate technical and execution risks, improve internal engineering discipline, coordinate internal and external technical resources, and help the company bring products to market faster and more reliably.
At SwiftLink Technologies Inc., the Director of Engineering will play a key role in managing EMB chip development, millimeter-wave RFIC/SoC programs, ASIC/RFIC tapeout execution, post-silicon validation, RF and system testing, customer technical support, and coordination among R&D, PMO, manufacturing partners, foundries, packaging/testing vendors, strategic partners, and customers.
*Key Responsibilities*
1. Engineering Leadership
* Lead and manage multidisciplinary engineering teams, including RFIC, SoC, mixed-signal IC, system architecture, hardware, software/firmware, antenna, phased-array, packaging, test, validation, and application engineering groups. * Develop engineering strategies aligned with SwiftLink?s product roadmap, EMB chip development plan, customer requirements, commercialization timeline, and long-term 5G/6G and satellite communication strategy. * Establish engineering processes, technical standards, design review mechanisms, documentation requirements, development flows, and project governance systems suitable for advanced semiconductor and wireless communication products. * Build a high-performance engineering culture focused on technical excellence, execution discipline, speed, accountability, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration. * Serve as a key technical and execution bridge between the CEO/CTO, R&D teams, PMO, operations, manufacturing partners, business development, customers, and strategic partners.
2. Full-Lifecycle Product Development
* Oversee the complete product development lifecycle from project definition, technical feasibility assessment, architecture planning, specification development, IC/RF design, verification, tapeout, packaging, testing, validation, qualification, and customer sampling through to market delivery. * Lead early-stage product planning for RFIC/SoC and wireless communication products, including technical feasibility, resource estimation, development schedule, cost structure, risk assessment, and commercialization path. * Ensure engineering programs meet technical specifications, performance targets, schedule milestones, budget requirements, quality standards, and customer application needs. * Coordinate and lead key technical reviews, including product requirement reviews, system architecture reviews, RFIC/SoC design reviews, tapeout readiness reviews, verification reviews, test plan reviews, post-silicon validation reviews, and production readiness reviews. * Drive continuous improvement in product performance, bandwidth, integration level, power efficiency, RF perf