Director, Systems Engineering

Role mission: Build and lead a customer-facing systems and solutions engineering function that translates customer product architectures into processor, mixed-signal IP, platform, software, and product-roadmap requirements. This is customer product systems engineering, not internal silicon/IP development ownership.

The Director, Systems & Solutions Engineering will establish and scale a new customer-facing systems team for the Custom Digital MCU/MPU business. The leader will work directly with customer engineering organizations to understand product architectures, identify system-level requirements, position GF/MIPS processor and design/IP capabilities, and translate learnings into actionable product roadmap needs for product management, silicon architecture, software, and engineering teams. 

The role requires a rare combination of customer credibility, embedded processor systems depth, hardware/software fluency, and commercial design-win orientation. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable with customer chief engineers, product executives, internal software, Hardware and IP engineering teams, sales leaders, and hands-on systems engineers.

Essential ​Responsibilities:

• Build and lead the Systems & Solutions Engineering team covering 32-bit MCU and 64-bit MPU product portfolios across multiple markets. 

• Serve as first-line technical interface to strategic customer engineering teams; understand customer product architectures, pain points, competitive alternatives, and roadmap timing. 

• Translate customer system requirements into processor, mixed-signal IP, safety/security, connectivity, software, package, toolchain, and product roadmap requirements. 

• Develop market-specific solution narratives for SDV/zonal, chassis and body control, robotics, motor drive, industrial automation, networking/infrastructure, e-mobility, and Edge AI. 

• Partner with product management and silicon/software engineering to prioritize roadmap investments and derivative platform opportunities. 

• Support major design-win pursuits with technical differentiation, architecture positioning, competitive analysis, NRE/derivative framing, and executive customer engagement. 

• Create reusable system collateral: reference architectures, competitive tear-downs, customer requirement matrices, software/hardware partitioning guides, and market playbooks. 

• Build relationships with customer decision makers in engineering, architecture, platform, and advanced technology organizations. 

• Establish operating rhythms between sales, product, architecture, design, software, and customer teams to ensure field learnings become roadmap action. 

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. 

An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations. 

GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory. 

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