Senior Director R&D

Defining, implementing and/or maintaining R&D strategy, guidelines, systems and services for VISHAY.

• Aligning and ensuring implementation of R&D budgets, monitors R&D programs, and allocates resources.
• Planning and coordinating, and/or implementing R&D projects and processes (i.e., technology research projects, product development programs).
• Leading identification and consolidation of R&D projects in line with technological trends and development plans.
• Coordinating research, development, and pre-industrialization of products.
• Representing VISHAY’s R&D competence externally towards customers, partners, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Implements overarching research strategy, and designs specific scientific or technical research programs and projects.
• Plans and allocates budgets and resources, and monitors progress of international research programs as assigned.
• Proposes institutes or universities for research cooperation, manages agreed projects and evaluates progress.
• Allocates investments agreed for personnel, equipment, technologies or tools needed to implement in order to achieve targets.