Application Engineering Manager (Semiconductor)

Location: Austin, United States

Salary: $118,000–$239,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a semiconductor manufacturer developing essential, power-efficient, and high-performance technologies for AI and other high-growth markets, with manufacturing operations across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

What you will do

• Lead a global Application Engineering team supporting customer onboarding, solution enablement, software integration, design implementation, technical issue resolution, deployment, and production ramp.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex technical issues and strategic customer engagements involving semiconductor IP, SoCs, embedded processing, AI acceleration, and software platforms.
• Drive customer adoption of MIPS technologies and communicate customer requirements, technical challenges, and market feedback to Product Management and Engineering.
• Define KPIs, executive dashboards, scorecards, operating rhythms, and business reviews covering customer health, adoption, support effectiveness, resource utilization, and organizational performance.
• Lead resource planning, workforce forecasting, capacity management, process improvement, and cross-functional execution with Engineering, Product, Program Management, Sales, and Business Operations.
• Recruit, mentor, develop, and retain a high-performing engineering organization while managing succession planning, career development, and talent programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, AI, software, or related engineering disciplines.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing technical or customer-facing engineering teams.
• Experience leading strategic customer engagements, establishing KPIs and operational dashboards, and presenting executive-level business reviews.
• Strong technical background in semiconductor IP, SoCs, embedded processing, AI acceleration, software platforms, or related technologies.
• Strong analytical, communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills; ability to travel as required.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI, edge computing, robotics, automotive, industrial, or intelligent embedded systems.
• Familiarity with RISC-V, AI accelerators, CPUs, NPUs, DSPs, software development environments, compilers, SDKs, AI frameworks, or deployment toolchains.
• Experience supporting strategic customer accounts and globally distributed engineering teams.
• MBA or advanced technical degree.

Culture & Benefits

• Customer-first leadership, strategic execution, operational rigor, and data-driven decision making.
• Emphasis on accountability, measurable outcomes, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Equal-opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation support during the hiring process.