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Director technical development requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in director technical development job postings.
Sample director technical development requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in software development.
  • Proficient in multiple programming languages.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Knowledge of web technologies and architectures.
Sample required director technical development soft skills
  • Strong communication, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize.
  • Thorough attention to detail.
  • Strong decision-making skills.

Director technical development job description example 1

Q director technical development job description

The System Business Division in Hanwha Qcells has a System Development Center in South Korea and a Home Energy Development (HED) Laboratory in Santa Clara, California. HED Lab will lead global home energy system technology by developing core technology through technology collaboration programs. HED Lab is looking for a Team Leader of the Core Technology Development Team, who will lead the Core Technology Development team and foster advanced core technology. As Director of Core Tech Development, you will be responsible for managing the core technology development team, which will develop core home energy technology through technology collaboration programs. Through these technology collaboration programs with advanced research institutes, this role will foster advanced core technologies aligned with the technology development direction of the HQ System Development Center and explore advanced technologies through cross-collaboration with the HED technology planning team. This position reports to the Head of HED (Home Energy Development) Laboratory and will be physically located in Santa Clara, California.

ResponsibilitiesManaging the Core Technology Development team through technology collaboration programs Propose future advanced core element technology aligned with Qcells' system product roadmap Develop core element technology in power electronics such as residential inverters, ESS, Microinverters, Power optimizers, EV chargers, etc.Suggest and discuss future advanced core technology in power electronics with the internal HED technology planning and evaluation teams Work as a hands-on contributor while leading the Core Technology Development team

Required QualificationsPhD or M.S. in science, engineering/equivalent combined education and work experience10+ years technical experience in renewable energy sector, esp. ESS, PV inverter, MLPE. Strong technical & people leadership skills are a mustA willingness to collaborate and communicate with the broader team to drive cross-team and cross-organization initiatives forward Strong technology networks in Silicon Valley area and successful collaboration history with outside research organizations Have a successful development history of contributing to commercialization efforts Demonstrated successful leadership of teams greater than 10 engineers Experience in power devices such as GaN, SiC or ASIC design Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with peers, business partners, technical staff and leadership via appropriate mediums: verbal/written/presentation Hands-on R&D experience in the power electronics Perform reviews and analysis of both firmware and hardware systems within power electronics Must be authorized to work in the US
Physical, Mental, & Physical Demands

To comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 the essential physical, mental and environmental requirements for this job are listed below. These are requirements normally expected to perform regular job duties. Incumbent must be able to successfully perform all of the functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Mobility
Standing: 20% of time
Sitting: 70% of time
Walking: 10% of time

Strength
Pulling: up to 10 Pounds
Pushing: up to 10 Pounds
Carrying: up to 10 Pounds
Lifting: up to 10 Pounds

Agility (F = Frequently, O = Occasionally, N = Never)
Turning: F
Twisting: F
Bending: O
Crouching: O
Balancing: N
Climbing: N
Crawling: N
Kneeling: N

Dexterity (F = Frequently, O = Occasionally, N = Never)
Typing: F
Handling: F
Reaching: F
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Director technical development job description example 2

MaxLinear director technical development job description

  • Develop ATE test solutions for highly integrated RF SoC ICs for Wireless, data compression and 100/400/800G Optical transceiver applications
  • Builds peer to peer relationships with cross functional teams
  • Participate in the Testability Review and follow up to ensure production test coverage is consistent with documented Test Plan
  • Provide training and technical guidance to test engineering team
  • Evaluate vendor capabilities and qualify them for business needs
  • Document best practices and communicate to team
  • Assist with attracting and hiring top talent
  • Plan R&D experiments for new hardware and software design concepts
  • Evaluate new software / automation tools to improve test development efficiency
  • Reviews test programs and test hardware layout for accuracy prior to manufacturing release
  • Interact with senior executives to communicate technical details clearly and concisely
  • Work with cross functional engineering teams in failure analysis and define corrective actions to ensure ongoing production quality
Qualifications
  • Deep Knowledge of mm-wave, RF, Mixed Signal, and Digital principles
  • Expertise in developing Multi-site Teradyne UltraFlex or Advantest 93K production test solutions for complex SoCs
  • Experience in VB, C, C++, LabView or automation scripting (PERL, PYTHON, or MATLAB)
  • Experience in developing high performance RF ATE hardware
  • Experience with electronic bench-test equipment: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, pulse and signal generators, power supplies, DC source/measure
  • BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 11 years of experience, or MS + 9 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 6 years of experience
Company Overview

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world's communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world's most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the world's first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn't achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we've developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we've expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers' needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Waltham, Massachusetts; Vancouver, Canada; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore and Chennai, India; Villach, Austria; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,500 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.

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Director technical development job description example 3

Frontier Communications director technical development job description

Director - IT Development, Billing

Full Job Description

This role provides Technology strategy and execution for Frontier Billing platforms. This executive will have end-to-end responsibility for business relationship management, technology development, Billing applications software development and modernization. This leader will partner with Consumer, Commercial, and Wholesale teams to ensure Frontier provides the best-in-class customer experience.

Responsibilities:

Provide leadership and set the direction for Billing domain and systems modernization at Frontier including Consumer, Commercial & Wholesale Billing, Credit & Collection and Cash Management
Drive and execute the business roadmap initiatives across the Billing domain in support of business strategies focused on business value creation and technology modernization
Lead several engineering teams (employees and partners) to drive professional leadership and technical growth in support of new products and technologies
Work and coordinate with external business partners to enable new products, services and partnership models
Interact with senior leadership and product management teams to provide roadmaps and status on critical initiatives
Mentor the team, provide performance feedback, promote career advancement, cross-training, and collaboration across the organization.
Take an active role in helping lead and drive our Agile transformation efforts
Embrace our leadership and software development guiding principles

Required Qualifications:

Functional expertise with substantial experience of 10+ years
Proven leadership abilities in software engineering
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal form
Computer skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio used for formulating reports and generating presentations.
Strong understanding of SOA, modular, and Microservices approaches
Architectural domain knowledge including DevOps automation, cloud application architecture, specifically Azure IaaS/PaaS
Experience with databases: RDBMS, NoSQL
Experience with Operating Systems: Linux, Windows Server
Experience with languages (preferred): Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML
Take ownership and be accountable, do not tolerate complacency
Entrepreneurial attitude to grow and evolve together

Software engineering mindset:

Freedom, creative, flexible, and responsible
Drive to execute with consistency
Balance perfection with velocity - build software to deliver business value
Testing is integrated throughout the project lifecycle - test early and often
Embrace building software to minimum viable products
Incremental development and continuous deployment is our goal
Evolve architecture with the product - modular, loosely coupled, service enablement, tiny components
Deliver working software, with a preference to the shorter timescale
The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams
Learn continuously

Preferred Qualifications:

Technology experience in the Telco industry
Experience or familiarity with telecommunications products and services (e.g. voice, data, and video products)

Required Education:

BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or another degree in a related discipline required

Additional Information:

Technical Competencies:

Must be solution-oriented and business-minded with significant practical experience in building, delivering, and supporting technology systems
Must demonstrate speed and agility while ensuring deployed business technologies can be packaged, integrated, and leveraged across multiple solutions.
Demonstrated life cycle work experience including architecture design and deployment, application development, secure development practices, systems lifecycle management,
Must be able to anticipate and manage risks associated with large program implementations.

Leadership Competencies:

Visionary Thinking:Has/establishes clear vision for the business of operation; maintains long-term view; able to foresee obstacles and opportunities and generate breakthrough ideas.
Shaping Strategy:Develops distinctive strategies to achieve competitive advantage; translates broad strategies into specific objectives and action plans; aligns the organization with priorities, including leading change initiatives to improve effectiveness
Seasoned Judgment:Makes timely, tough decisions taking all critical information into account; able to grasp specifics of an ambiguous situation yet keep the larger picture in focus
Drive Execution: Ensures the assignment of authority and accountability for continuous improvement of service levels. Integrates efforts across units and functions; provides leadership to overcome barriers and achieve results through individual and team efforts.
Attracting and Developing Talent: Attracts high caliber people; able to develop teams and talent with diverse capabilities; accurately appraises the strengths and weaknesses of other and provides constructive feedback appropriately.
Empowering Others: Creates an environment that fosters personal investment and excellence; nurtures other's commitment to a common vision and shared values; provides opportunities for growth and achievement; facilitate collaboration and teamwork
High-Impact Dialog: Delivers messages clearly, convincingly and in a well-organized manner; able to vary communications style for multiple audiences; projects credibility and poise; translates complex concepts and ideas into understandable terms.
Managing Change: Manages change effectively including organizational, process and service delivery changes. Successfully gains support for business-driven changes through effective and timely communication including rationale, scope, and schedule.
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Updated March 14, 2024

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