Chipagents

Product Line Director, AMS

San Jose · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 11 days ago

Agentic AIProduct ManagementProduct StrategyVerilogResearchLeadershipCommunication

About the role

This is a customer-facing leadership role: you are the voice of the customer inside the company and the voice of the product in front of the customer.

Own the vertical, problem to purchase order. Drive the full lifecycle from customer problem definition → R&D direction → demo → customer evaluation → sales conversion, working up and down the stack with R&D, AI Engineering, and Sales.
Identify the wedge use case that gets us in the door, quantify the value (engineering time saved, model accuracy, layout turnaround), and validate willingness to pay before we build.
Own go-to-market. Shape positioning, pricing input, demo flows, and evaluation success criteria. Support Sales through evals and drive conversion
Work cross-functionally. Partner daily with R&D on feasibility and quality bars, with AI/software engineering on agent behavior and product stability, and with Sales on account strategy and scaling from block-level wins to full-chip deployments.
Own the vertical, problem to purchase order.
Drive the full lifecycle from customer problem definition → R&D direction → demo → customer evaluation → sales conversion, working up and down the stack with R&D, AI Engineering, and Sales.
Own go-to-market. Shape positioning, pricing input, demo flows, and evaluation success criteria. Support Sales through evals and drive conversion; run demos, follow-ups, and customer pushes yourself when needed.
Define and drive the roadmap. Translate business goals into a prioritized product roadmap for behavioral modeling and layout automation.
Define and drive the roadmap.

Working knowledge of behavioral modeling practices (Verilog-A/AMS, real-number modeling, model validation) and analog layout constraints (matching, parasitics, DRC/LVS closure).
7+ years in analog/mixed-signal design, AMS verification, or EDA product roles, deep familiarity with the AMS design flow (schematic → behavioral modeling → simulation → layout → DRC/LVS signoff).
Proven ability to know the customer: strong existing network among analog design and CAD teams at semiconductor companies, and credibility in technical conversations with senior designers.
Track record of validating product value with customers and converting evaluations into revenue.
Strong business judgment: can connect a technical capability to a dollar figure, and prioritize accordingly.
Execution and program-management muscle: comfortable driving R&D, engineering, and sales teams to a shared plan.
Excellent communication - you'll present to customer VPs and debug priorities with researchers in the same day.
You'll be defining the product strategy for a category leader at the intersection of the two most important technology waves of the decade, AI and semiconductors, alongside a world-class technical team and an advisory board of EDA legends. This is a rare opportunity to own the AMS vertical from the ground up at a company with real product, real customers, and the ambition (and backing) to become a generational outcome.

Experience taking an early-stage ("sort of works") capability to a production-quality product.
Prior product management or product line management experience in EDA, semiconductor IP, or AI-for-engineering tools.
Experience defining eval criteria and success metrics for enterprise pilots.

$180K/yr - $450K/yr base salary + equity.
Unlimited PTO and full benefits (medical, vision, dental, 401k).
Two engineering-centric offices with free parking, private gym, and free lunch, drinks and snacks.
Decide what ships next: model coverage across block types, whole-chip modeling, layout quality targets, and productivity metrics.

you are the voice of the customer inside the company and the voice of the product in front of the customer.
Validate value with customers.
We are building AI agents that transform how semiconductor design gets done.

ChipAgents is an equal opportunity employer.
We welcome applicants of all backgrounds.
$180K/yr - $450K/yr base salary + equity. Open to above-scale compensation for exceptional candidates.

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