Director of Factory Applications

• Leadership of strategic solution development, deliverables to engineering projects, support to Field Engineers design-in activity and productivity improvement initiatives
• Establish new levels of device test and instrument expertise within the group
• Determine Factory Apps budget, staffing levels, hire and mentor staff in IST global locations
• Lead the Factory Applications experts to develop strategic test solutions for new devices on our customers’ roadmaps
• Team with Marketing to provide direct input to Design Engineering for new product requirements that provide competitive differentiation
• Execute deliverables in parallel with product development to ensure new products roll out successfully
• Integrate with the User Technical Publications
• Provide support to the Field Applications engineers when Design-in account projects are in flight by providing support to solution development and an interface to Design Engineering
• Implement productivity tools, strategic test solutions and advanced training

• Bachelor’s degree ideally in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science
• At least 15 years of applications, product development, sales, and/or marketing experience for a company that has a reputation in delivering world-class products
• Managerial or leadership experience having led a team of greater than four team members
• Experience in attracting additional high performers to the organization
• Ability to lead the customer facing aspects of application development and work with the research and development teams in Engineering
• Experience in successfully handling complex customer applications problems and challenges occurring across multiple regions
• Ability to work with teams outside of their direct span of control for successful implementation
• Communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Previous “hands on” use of Automatic Test Equipment or System Level Test Equipment
• Ability to understand how to identify technical product differentiation with our hardware and software for alignment with marketing
• Ability to travel as required
• Capable of taking key actions to inspire others around a vision of IST’s future
• Ability to solicit the involvement of others across both internal and external organizations and build a sense of ownership
• Act decisively when the market and business require such agility
• Ability to recognize testing trends and identify key actions to generate solutions
• Capable of developing the organization’s skills to achieve maximum effectiveness
• Ability to establish internal credibility with peer managers as a provider of valuable technical information and solutions
• An understanding of customer requirements and competitive solutions
• Strength in building and working in a collaborative team environment

Graduate (MS or PhD) technical degree and/or MBA

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid vacation & holidays
• Tuition assistance programs
• Discretionary bonus(es) based on financial performance