Senior Director R&D - Datacenter Connectivity Silicon (d/m/f)
Pubblicato il 20-09-2026 - Ams Italy in Terranova dei Passerini
Your tasks
- Lead all R&D activities for the product segment, driving innovation and delivering market-leading solutions that enable next-generation data center, optical networking, and AI infrastructure technologies
- Define and execute the product and technology roadmap in close collaboration with Product Management, Business Units, and executive leadership, ensuring alignment with business growth objectives
- Oversee the complete product development lifecycle, from concept and architecture through design, validation, qualification, and successful product release
- Build, lead, and scale world-class multidisciplinary engineering teams across Analog Design, Digital Design, Physical Design, Verification, and Validation
- Drive execution excellence by ensuring products are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize investments, allocate resources effectively, and accelerate innovation
- Develop organizational capabilities by coaching engineering leaders, cultivating top talent, and fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
- Own R&D resource planning, operational performance, and strategic workforce development for the product segment
Who we are looking for
- Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or a related field with a focus on Integrated Circuit Design
- 15+ years of experience in semiconductor product development and IC design,
including leadership responsibility for complex product portfolios and large engineering organizations
- Proven track record of successfully delivering semiconductor products from concept through high-volume production and market adoption
- Deep expertise in one or more of the following domains: Datacenter & Networking, AI Infrastructure Connectivity, Compute-to-Network Architectures, Optical Interconnects, or High-Speed Communication Technologies
- Demonstrated success leading large multidisciplinary engineering organizations and driving innovation at scale
- Strong knowledge of modern engineering processes, including requirements engineering, verification methodologies, configuration and change management, Design for Robustness (DfR), quality systems, and test development
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across technical and business functions
- Fluent written and spoken English
ams OSRAM is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diversity, equity and inclusion is strongly established in our corporate culture and we firmly believe it makes us more successful as a company. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment regardless of ethnic, national or social origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, religion, age, physical and mental abilities.