Technical Business Development Director

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Key Responsibilities

1. Business Development & IP Sales

• Drive IP licensing growth in China, with a strong focus on Tensilica CPU technologies.

• Engage with SoC teams in automotive, AR/VR, mobile, smart speakers, TWS, and broader consumer markets.

• Identify and qualify new business opportunities, expand existing accounts, and manage the full sales cycle.

• Understand customer architecture requirements, future roadmaps, and competitive offerings to position Tensilica IP effectively.

• Work closely with China sales teams to develop and execute regional account strategies.

2. Software Partner Ecosystem Management

• Build, develop, and nurture relationships with key software vendors, including:

  • AI/ML algorithm developers

  • Audio/voice/ANC/beamforming software vendors

  • Vision and XR software developers

  • Automotive middleware and safety‑related software providers

• Advocate Tensilica IP by driving:

  • Partner onboarding

  • Technical enablement

  • Performance optimization

  • Joint solution and reference design development

• Expand the breadth of use cases supported on Tensilica IP, including:

  • AI inferencing

  • Audio/voice processing

  • Sensor fusion

  • XR/AR acceleration

  • Always‑on, low‑power workloads

3. Collaboration with China Sales & FAE Teams

• Work hand‑in‑hand with the China sales organization to coordinate account strategies and engagement plans.

• Partner closely with FAE teams to:

  • Support technical evaluations

  • Manage benchmarking activities

  • Drive proof‑of‑concept engagements

  • Resolve technical blockers that influence purchasing decisions

• Provide feedback from customers and partners to guide product planning and roadmap decisions.

4. Market Intelligence & Strategic Planning

• Develop China‑specific go‑to‑market strategies for automotive and consumer segments.

• Monitor industry trends, emerging workloads, regulatory standards, and local ecosystem shifts (software and hardware).

• Represent the company at China industry conferences, partner workshops, customer summits, and semiconductor forums.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.

• 10+ years of experience in semiconductor IP, DSP/CPU/NPU technologies, SoC design, embedded software, or related business development roles.

• Strong technical understanding of CPU architectures, signal processing, embedded systems, and AI workloads.

• Proven success selling semiconductor IP or building technical business engagements in China.

• Familiarity with software ecosystems in audio, voice, AI/ML, AR/VR, and automotive domains.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship‑building skills.

• Ability to travel within China and internationally.

Preferred

• Direct experience with RISC-V or ARM or similar configurable CPU architectures.

• Existing relationships with:

  • China automotive SoC vendors

  • Smartphone/IoT/CE chipmakers

  • AR/VR and edge‑AI solution developers

  • Leading software algorithm partners

• Understanding of heterogeneous compute architectures, low‑power SoC design, or automotive functional safety (e.g., ISO26262).

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