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Head of HW Operations

Lattice Semiconductor
Hillsboro, OR Full Time
POSTED ON 3/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/2/2027

Lattice Overview

There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations. It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers. Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry. Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality.Energy feeds on energy. If you flourish in a fast paced, results-oriented environment, if you want to achieve individual success within a “team first” organization, and if you believe you can contribute and succeed in a demanding yet collegial atmosphere, then Lattice may well be just what you’re looking for.

Responsibilities & Skills

The ideal candidate will:

Oversee day to day operating cadence for a ~250-person global HW team

  • Executive (SVP/CEO) updates, health metrics, and "state of the org"
  • Planning and tracking hiring and staffing worldwide
  • Operational and capital spend planning and management
  • Coordination of compute infrastructure (HW, CAD/EDA) and HW team usage metrics

Prioritize and drive strategic investments and new initiatives

  • Align strategic vision with cross-functional partner teams
  • Manage cross-org dependencies and communications
  • Establish metrics for productivity/efficiency and their improvement through genAI tools/flows

Travel occasionally to San Jose/Portland/Manila/Penang/Taiwan/Pune

  • Partner closely and collaboratively with senior leaders in all sites

Must-haves:

  • 10 years in silicon/hardware organizations with experience driving program operations
  • Executive-ready written and visual comms
  • Fluency with budget and capacity planning
  • Cross-geography stakeholder management
  • Ruthless prioritization

Nice-to-haves:

  • Familiarity with FPGA design and development
  • GenAI tool usage for engineering development
  • Prior chief-of-staff experience to at least VP/CVP level

Benefits

Benefits:The base pay for this role is between $175,000 to $219,000 per year. In addition to base salary, we offer an incentive plan bonus, and new hire equity for a competitive total compensation package. Lattice recognizes that employees are its greatest asset and the driving force behind success in a highly competitive, global industry.  Lattice continually strives to provide a comprehensive compensation and benefits program to attract, retain, motivate, reward and celebrate the highest caliber employees in the industry. 

Lattice is an international, service-driven developer of innovative low cost, low power programmable design solutions.  Our global workforce, some 800 strong, shares a total commitment to customer success and an unbending will to win.  For more information about how our FPGA, CPLD and programmable power management  devices help our customers unlock their innovation, visit www.latticesemi.com.  You can also follow us via Twitter, Facebook, or RSS. At Lattice, we value the diversity of individuals, ideas, perspectives, insights and values, and what they bring to the workplace.  Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates.

 

LatticeFeel the energy.

Salary : $175,000 - $219,000

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