Director, MEMS Engineering - Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Originally posted 21 April 2026 by the employer.
Join SiTime, the Precision Timing company, and lead MEMS development.
About the role
This role involves owning and driving the development of MEMS for SiTime precision timing products. You will combine strategic leadership with tactical hands-on execution of projects on the corporate roadmap.
What you'll do
- Lead a team of MEMS engineers to solve MEMS timing problems.
- Scale the team and foster innovation and execution excellence through coaching, career advancement, and hiring.
- Lead development of new MEMS technologies, enhance existing devices, and improve measurement or simulation infrastructure.
- Interface with local and overseas vendors and establish new partnerships.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, and Program Management to deliver scalable, predictable development execution.
What you'll need
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent.
- 10+ years of industry experience in MEMS or specialty sensor development.
- Demonstrated success leading and delivering complex MEMS development programs.
- Proven record of building and leading high-performance engineering teams of 5+ engineers.
- Hands-on technical credibility across MEMS design, fabrication, characterization, and modeling.
- Strong technical and business judgment with ability to innovate, design experiments, and interpret complex data.
- Working knowledge of programing languages, circuits, metrology equipment, and methods.
Nice to have
- 15+ years of industry experience in MEMS or specialty sensor development.
- Experience with MEMS timing.
Skills: MEMS, precision timing, MEMS development, MEMS engineering, MEMS products
This role has been open 188 days — well above the 124-day median for MEMS/Sensor Design roles.
MEMS/Sensor Design · Mems Sensors
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Open roles in category
32
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Median days open
124 d
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Median salary
$164k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | SiTime | All employers we track in this specialty (32 roles · 12 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 12 | 32 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 34 | 1461 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 202 d | 124 d (+78 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $164k |
Skills observed across this category: MEMS, precision timing, MEMS development, MEMS engineering, MEMS products
Who's hiring in this category
- SiTime (this employer) · 12 open roles · median 202 d
- STMicroelectronics · 5 open roles · median 196 d
- Qualcomm · 4 open roles · median 119 d
- Analog Devices · 2 open roles · median 99 d
- Infineon Technologies · 2 open roles · median 108 d
- AIXTRON · 1 open role · median 212 d
How we counted: 32 open MEMS/Sensor Design (Mems Sensors) roles from 12 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.