Product Lead - Questa Verification IQ

Job Title

Product Lead - Questa Verification IQ

Role Summary

Senior R&D Product Lead for Questa Verification IQ (QVIQ) in the Digital Verification Technologies division. The role owns product direction from an R&D perspective, partnering with Product Management, Product Engineering, architects, and development teams.

Primary responsibilities include driving the product roadmap, integrations across Siemens EDA and third-party ecosystems, customer engagement, and ensuring technical feasibility, scalability, and delivery across globally distributed teams. Position is hybrid, based in Austin, TX.

Experience Level

Senior - requires 18+ years of experience in enterprise software development, product leadership, technical product ownership, or closely related roles (as stated).

Responsibilities

Accountable for R&D product leadership and cross-functional execution for QVIQ. Key duties include:

• Define and drive product strategy and roadmap execution in partnership with Product Management and Product Engineering.
• Translate customer and business requirements into engineering priorities and investments.
• Define and execute integration strategy across Siemens EDA products, CI/CD systems, and third-party tools.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives involving R&D, PM, PE, UX, sales, and customer-facing teams.
• Partner with architects and engineering teams on technical trade-offs, deployment models, scalability, and delivery commitments.
• Provide technical leadership for enterprise technologies and distributed, data-intensive systems.
• Support customer engagements, executive reviews, product demonstrations, and strategic evaluations.
• Identify market trends, competitive opportunities, and relevant emerging technologies (including AI-driven workflows and analytics).

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience required for successful performance in this role; followed by preferred (nice-to-have) items.

• Must-have: 18+ years experience leading complex enterprise software products and delivering customer-focused outcomes.
• Must-have: Strong understanding of enterprise software architectures, web applications, APIs, distributed systems, and software development lifecycles.
• Must-have: Practical experience with Java and Spring Framework, RESTful services, modern front-end frameworks (Angular and/or React), SQL/NoSQL databases, and Linux-based environments.
• Must-have: Experience with software integrations, platform ecosystems, and data-intensive applications.
• Must-have: Proven ability to engage with architects, engineering teams, product management, sales, and executive stakeholders; strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Must-have: Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and balance customer needs, business priorities, and technical considerations.
• Nice-to-have: Knowledge of digital design and verification methodologies and tools (simulation, formal verification, coverage analysis, regression management).
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with semiconductor development workflows and verification organizations.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with cloud platforms, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, distributed computing, and AI-assisted engineering workflows or analytics platforms.
• Nice-to-have: Prior exposure to Siemens EDA solutions and verification technologies.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field from an accredited institution.

About the Company

Company: Siemens

Headquarters: Munich, Germany

Siemens EDA is a leading global provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) products and systems. Their innovative solutions enable companies to enhance the development of electronic products efficiently and effectively, keeping pace with the complex demands of technology and physics. Siemens is committed to delivering advanced workflow solutions that integrate both EDA and MCAD tools for multi-domain design and manufacturing in the semiconductor industry.