Director, Software Engineering and Platform Development - US-CA-Fremont, United States
$211,000 - $351,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role leads the execution of the Engineering Intelligence Platform and drives the transformation of the engineering organization. This platform focuses on electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization.
What you'll do
- Lead the R&D organization responsible for development and delivery of enterprise software platforms and products.
- Build and lead a pod-based engineering organization that enables concurrent engineering, rapid decision-making, clear ownership, and predictable execution.
- Drive execution of product roadmaps and New Product Introduction (NPI) programs while balancing quality, innovation, and schedule commitments.
- Develop engineering operating rhythms, metrics, and governance that improve execution velocity, accountability, and release predictability.
- Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering leaders and software engineers.
- Champion modern software engineering practices including Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native development, automated testing, engineering productivity, and AI-assisted development.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years leading multiple engineering teams or managers.
- Demonstrated success leading pod-based engineering organizations, concurrent engineering, or comparable product development operating models.
- Proven track record delivering complex enterprise software products while meeting NPI schedules and business commitments.
- Experience leading organizational transformation, engineering process improvement, and execution excellence initiatives.
- Strong technical background in enterprise software, distributed systems, cloud platforms, APIs, platform engineering, microservices, CI/CD, and DevOps.
- Experience recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing engineering talent.
- Excellent communication, executive presentation, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Nice to have
- Experience in semiconductor, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), engineering workflow, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), DevOps, or enterprise platform software.
- Experience leading development of AI-enabled software products or platforms.
- Experience building workflow orchestration, engineering collaboration, knowledge management, digital thread, or engineering intelligence solutions.
- Experience leading geographically distributed engineering teams.
Skills: enterprise software platforms, CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native development, AI-assisted development, semiconductor EDA
This role has been open 36 days — well below the 50-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
973
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$235k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (973 roles · 85 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 973 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 155 | 6140 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 36 d | 50 d (−14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $235k |
Skills observed across this category: enterprise software platforms, CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native development, AI-assisted development, semiconductor EDA
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 289 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm · 61 open roles · median 57 d
- AMD · 57 open roles · median 21 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 90 d
- Intel Corporation · 40 open roles · median 9 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 80 d
How we counted: 973 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 85 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.