ICS Technical Director​/R&D Strategist

Nexperia is a world‑class company in semiconductor development and in‑house production, a proven global player with an entrepreneurial mentality. Our 13,000+‑strong international network is built on passion, commitment, and a drive to succeed regardless of challenges, supporting, rewarding, and challenging individuals equally in a dynamic and energetic environment.

Nexperia is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Technical Director/R&D Strategist to align technology developments with business objectives. This senior leader will blend technical expertise with strategic business acumen to deliver competitive advantages, commercialize new technologies, drive innovation, create long‑term R&D plans, and optimize new product design execution to grow the company by focusing on market trends, competitive intelligence, and technology roadmaps.

• Strategic Planning – align research goals with overall corporate strategy, determine which products or technologies to pursue, identify new growth opportunities and competitive threats, and act as a bridge between engineering and business units.
• Portfolio Management – balance the R&D pipeline between immediate product enhancements and long‑term, high‑risk, high‑reward innovations, and mitigate development risk by maximizing IP reuse across business units.
• Cross‑Functional Leadership – collaborate with business teams, foundries, and customers to translate requirements into technical solutions and build Nexperia‑wide competence by spreading knowledge and mentoring engineers at all levels.
• Technology & Market Intelligence – continuously monitor industry trends and technological advancements, identify potential disruptive technologies and new opportunities, drive innovation by evaluating and implementing new technologies, and create regular publications, presentations, white papers, and patents.

• 10+ years of semiconductor devices and industrial semiconductor technology experience.
• 10+ years of expertise across multiple aspects of new product research and development.
• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Physics, or a related field.
• Strong leadership skills, deep technical expertise, and a proven track record of driving innovation.
• High ability to judge new technologies concerning their possible application.
• Strong analytical capabilities to evaluate engineering and business values and risk.
• Ability to handle diversified activities with conflicting interactions and resolve conflicting requirements.

• Delivering on commitments – always demonstrating full accountability for own work package or project deliverables.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to reduce time to market.
• Showing critical judgment, entrepreneurial mindset, and contributing to building ‘winning teams’.
• Being sensitive to and showing respect for different cultures, values, and ways of doing things; adapting own approach and style appropriately.
• Excellent communication with high stakeholder management, customer interaction, and networking abilities.

• Strong healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc.) with work/life balance.
• Tremendous career growth opportunities.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Generous PTO and company holidays.
• Education and wellness benefits.

Nexperia is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy‑related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

Nexperia’s management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, Team Nexperian’s activities, access to facilities and programs, and general treatment during employment.