About the role
This role is responsible for product development and strategies to ensure effective achievement of research and development objectives. The Director R&D will set the R&D direction for Vishay's discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components.
What you'll do
- Set research and development direction for division product development and manufacturing excellence.
- Participate in high-level meetings and set policies and plans for R&D excellence.
- Approve budgets and capital expenditures.
- Select subordinate R&D management group and provide training.
- Develop and maintain 5YP R&D direction with Marketing, Business Development, and Division Management.
- Provide technical direction for potential acquisition targets and subcontracting partners.
What you'll need
- 15 years R&D experience.
Nice to have
- MS or PHD in Materials Engineering or Physics.
Skills: product development, R&D direction, materials engineering, physics, discrete semiconductors
More semiconductor jobs: Device engineer jobs
This role has been open 44 days — below the 53-day median for Device Engineering roles.
Device Engineering · Device Physics
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Open roles in category
144
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Median days open
53 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$168k
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| Metric | Vishay Intertechnology | All employers we track in this specialty (144 roles · 36 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 144 |
| Median days open | 44 d | 53 d (−9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Skills observed across this category: product development, R&D direction, materials engineering, physics, discrete semiconductors
Who's hiring in this category
- GlobalFoundries · 19 open roles · median 68 d
- Micron Technology · 17 open roles · median 108 d
- SanDisk · 16 open roles · median 9 d
- Renesas Electronics · 14 open roles · median 52 d
- Intel Corporation · 10 open roles · median 40 d
- onsemi · 9 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 144 open Device Engineering (Device Physics) roles from 36 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.