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Innovation Manager

Austin, TexasFull-time2026-11-08 → 2026-11-09

Core

Internal founder operating within a startup-to-business-unit incubation engine to develop disruptive, scalable, and monetizable innovations that solve high-impact industry problems.

Role type

Senior IC innovation manager (internal founder)

Builds

New product categories and businesses leveraging mixed-signal processing, power, sensing, and embedded systems

Domain

Semiconductor / Mixed-signal processing / Edge computing / Physical AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Technical foundation, business acumen, problem discovery, opportunity definition, prototyping, business validation, partnership building, resource acquisition, strategic vision

Preferred skills

Startup founder mindset, operating in ambiguity, autonomy, assembling talent

Technologies

Mixed-signal processing, edge computing, algorithms, intelligent sensing, sensor networks, data center power infrastructure, advanced control and drive systems

Responsibilities

Shape technical and commercial vision for emerging technology ventures, identify critical assumptions, secure resources and partnerships, transform hypotheses into validated innovations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC