Director of Technical Marketing

Overview:Our client, which is a high-growth semiconductor company focused on high-speed interconnect and AI infrastructure solutions, is seeking a Director of Technical Marketing to serve as a senior customer-facing technical leader.This is a hybrid Technical Marketing Engineer / Solutions Architect role focused on working directly with platform architects, SI engineers, and system teams on architecture discussions, bring-up, integration, validation, and customer design-in activity across advanced server and hyperscaler platforms.The role requires deep expertise in PCIe, CXL, SerDes, and related interconnect technologies, along with the ability to bridge technical credibility with customer engagement. You will partner closely with Sales, Engineering, and Product teams to accelerate customer adoption and strengthen strategic technical relationships.This role is a hybrid role, and the candidate can be based in either San Jose, CA or Austin, TX.Responsibilities of a Director of Technical Marketing:Act as the primary technical interface for customer engineering engagements involving system architects, signal integrity teams, and platform engineering organizations.Lead architecture-level discussions covering PCIe, CXL, SerDes, retimers, signal integrity, system integration, and platform trade-offs.Develop and deliver hands-on technical demonstrations showcasing real-world system behavior, integration capabilities, and performance advantages.Support customers through evaluation, bring-up, debugging, validation, and issue resolution activities in a highly technical advisory capacity.Drive technical competitive positioning against leading interconnect and infrastructure semiconductor vendors.Translate customer feedback, platform requirements, and technical pain points into actionable recommendations for engineering and product teams.Create and maintain technical enablement materials supporting customer qualification, validation, and design-in processes.Partner closely with Sales to strengthen customer engagement and accelerate design-win cycles.Support the growth of the broader technical customer engagement organization through mentorship and technical leadership.Requirements of a Director of Technical Marketing:Deep hands-on expertise in PCIe, CXL, SerDes, retimers, signal integrity, or related high-speed interconnect technologies.8+ Years of experience in customer-facing technical roles such as Technical Marketing, Applications Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Systems Engineering, or Field Applications Engineering.Strong understanding of system-level architecture, bring-up, debugging, and platform validation workflows.Comfortable operating directly with platform architects, SI engineers, and infrastructure engineering teams in highly technical customer environments.Experience supporting advanced server, AI infrastructure, hyperscaler, cloud, networking, or data center platforms.Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for customer audiences.Prior experience within the high-speed interconnect, server infrastructure, or hyperscaler ecosystem strongly preferred.Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.Benefits of a Director of Technical Marketing:Base salary of approximately $300,000 per annum.Opportunity to join a foundational technical leadership hire within a rapidly growing semiconductor organization.Exposure to cutting-edge AI, hyperscaler, and high-performance computing infrastructure technologies.Collaborative environment working closely with engineering, product, and customer architecture teams.Long-term career growth potential within a strategic infrastructure semiconductor market.If you are interested, apply here or send your resume to alan@platform-recruitment.com.