Applications Engineering Director

A key strategic role with full responsibility for new product development

We are looking for a strong technology leader to take on a critical role in driving the development of our next‑generation products. If you have deep technical expertise, experience leading engineering teams, and the ambition to influence product strategy and technical direction, this position offers the opportunity to make a real impact on how products are conceived, built, and launched.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering team and oversee the complete development of new products from concept to market launch
• Define and guide technical architecture, design, implementation, integration, validation, and launch readiness
• Make key technical decisions, manage risks, and ensure delivery meets performance, quality, cost, and timeline targets
• Ensure customer applications and real‑world use cases are embedded into product architecture and requirements
• Oversee the creation of reference designs, validation environments, and application examples
• Build and develop engineering team, set processes and standards, and foster a culture of technical excellence
• Collaborate with Product Management on roadmap, specifications, and feature prioritization
• Coordinate product introduction with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Manufacturing
• Provide technical leadership during pilot projects and early customer deployments
• Drive continuous improvement in development processes, product quality, and overall engineering efficiency

What are the requirements? 

• Technical university degree in an electro‑related field (e.g., electrical, electronic, microelectronic engineering) is mandatory.
• 10+ years of experience in product development and at least 5 years leading teams with direct responsibility for new product development
• Strong understanding of the full product development lifecycle (architecture, design, validation, launch)
• Ability to lead complex technical programs across multiple functions
• Excellent communication, decision‑making, and leadership skills
• Advantageous: experience with HW/SW/system‑level development, leading global teams, high‑reliability or regulated environments, or an MBA

What We Offer

• A key strategic role with direct influence on the success of new products
• Opportunity to shape product strategy, architecture, and long‑term technical direction
• Leadership of high‑performing engineering teams and the ability to build technical excellence
• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package
• A culture that values innovation, ownership, and meaningful impact

Why should you join us?

• Vacation: A full-time employee is entitled to 25 days a year.
• Sick Days: The employee is entitled to an additional 3 days off (70% paid) for acute illness, without doctor’s certificate (only for employees with a contract beginning at the latest the first working day in the given year or after one year).
• Bridge Days: When the public holiday takes place on a weekend day, the employee is free to take up this day whenever he prefers within the calendar year. This is applicable to employees with flexible working hours, with a contract beginning at the latest the first working day in the given year (or after one year).
• Working hours: Shorter work week and flexible working hours.
• Homeworking: Selected employees can work from home. It must be approved by the manager and local HR, for defined cases and for limited periods. It can be a one-time action or regular home working.
• Commuting support: Company covers part of the costs of commuting in amount approx. 1000 CZK/month for those who commuting less than 10 Km. Employer contributes 6 CZK/Km (3 CZK/Km to and 3 CZK/Km from work) if employee commutes more than 10 Km.
• Sickness Policy: Company is completing the net salary (on top of the Czech Social Security) up to 80% of the net salary for the first 6 months of an employee’s sick leave and up to 50% of the net salary for the following 6 months. It is effective for all employees employed with the company longer than 6 months with a contract of indefinite duration.
• Meal Subsidy: Company canteen and meal allowance on an average of 128 CZK per lunch taken in the company canteen or meal allowance in value of 128 CZK.
• Retirement: Voluntary plan effective for all employees after the trial period. The company contributes 1,5x the employee contribution but with a max company contribution of 3% of the gross salary for employees with simultaneous life insurance contribution and 2x the employee contribution but with a max company contribution of 6% of the gross salary for employees without simultaneous life insurance contribution.
• Accommodation support: For employees who decided to relocate from a different region, the company contributes to home rent during the first two years of employment, or the company contributes to mortgage payments for those who decided to buy their home
• Sports and Cultural Activities Support: The employee receives an annual contribution for culture and sports activities of approximately 2400 CZK per employee per year. The employee becomes eligible after the probation period.
• Seniority Award: Employees receive a monthly company contribution for sport and culture activities (applicable for health programs…) when reaching each 0,5 years anniversary of service at onsemi Czech Republic.
• Children recreation: The employee receives an annual contribution for children recreation of max 1500 CZK per child per year. The employee becomes eligible after the probation period.
• English: You will have a chance to attend company English language courses and utilize your knowledge at your daily job.
• Afterwork: Teambuilding and free time activities for our employees and their families are highly supported.
• Parking: Lots for cars as well as for bikes.
• Involvement: Opportunity to enjoy new projects, innovations and improvements.
• Learning & Development: self-development and wide range of training possibilities.
• Stability: A stable job and enjoyable working atmosphere in dynamic team.

For the complete summary of the company benefits please see the link HERE.

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