R&D Manager - MEMS

About SiTime

SiTime is the Precision Timing company.

Timing is the heartbeat of all electronics, ensuring performance, resilience and scalability. For decades, quartz devices, non-silicon technology, have kept systems in sync, but they struggle in harsher, more demanding environments. MEMS-based Precision Timing delivers greater accuracy, smaller size and resilience. Today, MEMS timing powers over 400 applications, including high-growth ones in AI datacenters, automated driving, industrial and humanoid robots, wearables and IoT.

Our semiconductor MEMS programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance, smaller size, lower power, and better reliability. With more than 4 billion devices shipped, SiTime is changing the timing industry. For more information, visit: www.sitime.com.

Job Summary

SiTime is seeking an R&D Manager to join our team in developing and refining our in-house MEMS simulation and design software. The team comprises software developers, computational experts, and physicists who develop and maintain the MEMS simulation and design environment. This work involves orchestrating complex simulations across multiple physical domains, implementing advanced mathematical algorithms, analyzing trade-offs between key characteristics, verifying simulation results, and ensuring both manufacturability and high predictive power of simulations. As an R&D Manager, you will contribute to development planning in alignment with the company’s product roadmap, communicate with the Design, Fabrication, and Metrology teams, support the product owner, and guide the team’s work toward agreed milestones. You will collaborate with internal users to collect feedback, identify missing functionalities and new milestones, take ownership of system components, and manage several engineers.

It is not necessary to meet all job requirements to be considered a qualified candidate for this position. 

Responsibilities:

• Guide the implementation of new modules and features for the in-house MEMS simulation and design platform. Oversee the verification and validation of new features.
• Manage 2-5 engineers; participate in hiring activities.
• Communicate with MEMS designers, project leaders, and department leaders to collect feedback and feature requests.
• Contribute to maintaining the development roadmap, ensuring alignment with the product roadmap and incoming requests. Identify gaps and limitations in existing functionality and simulations.
• Contribute to the development of the platform and analyze its accuracy and performance; compare simulation results with experimental data.
• Provide occasional consultations and training to MEMS design engineers.

Qualifications & Requirements (Education must be included):  

Compensation Range:

At SiTime, we believe great work deserves great rewards. We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive compensation package designed to attract top talent.

In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a quarterly bonus tied to the achievement of innovation goals—reflecting our commitment to recognizing meaningful impact. We also offer equity grants, providing a meaningful opportunity to share in the company’s future growth and success.

Learn More about SiTime: Review the Get to Know SiTime section of our career page to explore our culture, values, and what makes us unique. 

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• SiTime Corporation – YouTube

Pay Range 70650 - 97180 EUR