Director, Engineering IT Operations (Semiconductor)

TL;DR

Director, Engineering IT Operations (Semiconductor): Overseeing platforms and services essential to chip development with an accent on high-performance compute environments, EDA tool infrastructure, and large-scale storage. Focus on driving operational excellence for 24x7 production environments, scaling infrastructure for 1,000+ engineers, and aligning IT strategy with semiconductor product development goals.

Location: Hybrid in Austin, Texas

Company

hirify.global is a leading semiconductor company specializing in high-performance mixed-signal processing and chip development.

What you will do

• Define and lead the global infrastructure strategy supporting semiconductor design and engineering operations.
• Oversee Linux infrastructure, compute farms, enterprise storage, and revision control platforms to ensure availability and scalability.
• Drive 24x7 operational excellence, including incident response, root cause analysis, and disaster recovery planning.
• Partner with silicon engineering, CAD/EDA teams, and executive leadership to align infrastructure priorities with business goals.
• Advance engineering productivity by implementing automation, self-service capabilities, and improving platform reliability.
• Develop long-range capacity plans and infrastructure roadmaps to support growth in compute and storage demand.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience leading infrastructure or platform engineering teams, supporting 1,000+ engineers.
• 10+ years of experience administering large-scale Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS).
• Deep expertise in HPC and compute farm administration using IBM Spectrum LSF.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor engineering workflows, including RTL-to-GDSII flows and EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor).
• Expertise in enterprise storage (NAS/SAN) at petabyte scale and Perforce administration at enterprise scale.
• Must be based in or able to work hybrid in Austin, Texas.

Nice to have

• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Proficiency with Git, GitLab, Gerrit, and GitHub.
• Knowledge of CI/CD for hardware development flows.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to manage mission-critical infrastructure essential for chip development.
• High-impact leadership role balancing strategic vision with operational rigor.
• Collaborative environment working across multi-functional engineering and executive teams.