Director Strategic Partnerships (Semiconductor)

About the role

You will build and maintain strong relationships with leading AI platform companies, across their Automotive and Robotics organizations, in engineering, product, platform architecture, procurement, and executive leadership teams, within the key partner's organizations. This is a Hybrid-based position based in San Jose, CA.

Responsibilities

• Represent Ethernovia as a trusted long-term technology partner and work closely with customer and ecosystem teams to position Ethernovia solutions within Automotive and Robotics reference designs and platform roadmaps .
• Coordinate cross-functionally with internal engineering, product, marketing, and executive teams to support strategic engagements and drive execution.
• Identify new partnership opportunities across adjacent product areas, emerging platform programs, developer ecosystems, and joint go-to-market initiatives.
• Provide structured market and competitive intelligence to Ethernovia leadership including insights into partner priorities, industry direction, and evolving trends in AI infrastructure, networking, robotics, and autonomous systems.
• Significant experience working with leading AI, semiconductor, or infrastructure companies and understand how large technical organizations operate and make decisions.
• Engage directly with semiconductor hardware architects, engineering teams, and senior business leaders and bring strong technical knowledge of Ethernet networking, high-speed interconnects, SerDes, PHY/MAC architectures, and sensor connectivity for AI or autonomous systems.
• Think strategically about ecosystems, platform adoption, and long-term market positioning rather than focusing only on transactions.
• Required Experience & Skills:
• Semiconductor Industry Veteran : 12+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, business development , or technical sales within Semiconductors , AI infrastructure, networking, or HPC
• Existing relationships across the Silicon Valley AI and semiconductor ecosystem
• Strong technical understanding of Ethernet networking , high-speed interconnects, SerDes, PHY silicon or sensor networking architectures
• Experience driving silicon or platform technologies into strategic customer programs or reference designs
• Proven ability to navigate large cross-functional organizations and complex partnership cycles
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field required
• M.S. or MBA preferred
• Nice to Have (The "Competitive Advantage") :
• Experience with ROS / ROS2, Isaac Sim, CUDA, etc
• Understanding and experience of

Additional Information

About Ethernovia, Inc. Ethernovia is developing the future of Ethernet-based networks to realize the full potential of software-defined and autonomous vehicles, robotics and other intelligent machines. Founded in 2018, the company's breakthrough data transport and acceleration technology is ushering in a new era of connectivity and capabilities in the vehicle and at the edge, including highly reliable autonomy, over-the-air servicing and AI-backed applications. Ethernovia's co-founders are serial technology entrepreneurs with multiple prior successful ventures together. We are well-funded and backed by some of the worlds' leading technology investors, having secured $154M ($90+M Series-B and $64M Series-A) in total funding to date: Ethernovia Raises Over $90 Million Series B to Scale Leading-Edge Autonomy and Physical AI Networking Chips Ethernovia Raises $64 Million to Accelerate the Revolution of Vehicle Networks | Business Wire (financial backers include: Porsche SE, Qualcomm, AMD, Western Digital, Maverick Silicon, Socratic Partners, Conduit Capital, and CDIB-TEN Capital) Ethernovia has been recognized in EE Times' prestigious list of the Top 100 Startups for 2025. March 2026: Ethernovia Announces HSB-Enabled Networking Board for NVIDIA Holoscan Platforms January 2024: Our CEO Ramin Shirani Named MotorTrend Software-Defined Vehicle Innovator Awards Winner (ethernovia.com) September 2023: Continental and Ethernovia Announce Partnership to Develop Automotive Switch in 7nm - Ethernovia Connected Car News: Helios, Continental, Ethernovia, Avanci, BMW, Mapbox, Porsche, SEMA, Honda, UltraSense, Flex Logix, Diodes Inc., Garmin, Toyota & Caruso | auto connected car news With talented employees on 4 continents, we have filed 50+ patents to date. Join Ethernovia's team to make a lasting impact on the future of packet processor-centric networking solutions to support the real-time sensor, Physical AI, and control data demands of software-defined autonomy across vehicles, robots and intelligent machines. Come share in our success with pre-IPO shares, competitive compensation, and great benefits while growing your knowledge and career with world class talent. We are looking for talented engineers and leaders who have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to drive cutting edge designs from concept to silicon to the future of mobility. Director of Strategic Partnerships (Semiconductor)

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