Director of Engineering

VLSI Back-end Services Practice Head/ VLSI – Director Engineering

Experience: 15+ years

Desired Competencies Must-Head

• Create differentiated VLSI Services offerings, capabilities, and talent to exponentially grow VLSI services business.
• Ability to engage with customer design managers in technical discussions and secure design wins
• Create strong VLSI technical teams through training/upskilling and focused hiring.
• Mentor the VLSI team to ensure their skills are continuously advanced & aligned to customer/industry needs.
• Build strong customer relationships and deliver VLSI services projects.
• Create differentiated proposals to win new projects.
• Work within in-house resourcing teams and external partner ecosystem to staff and ramp-up VLSI team based on customer needs
• Strong technical expertise in ASIC backend processes: physical design & verification, implementation, and optimization, timing analysis, power analysis, Design For Test (DFT).
• Strong understanding of semiconductor technologies, including standard cells, IOs, memory, and IP integration.
• Hands-on expertise with commercial EDA tools from Synopsys, Cadence or Siemens
• Intimate familiarity with Verilog and standard design formats (LEF, DEF, SPEF, etc.)

Good to Have

• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Perl, or Tcl for automation purposes.
• Familiarity with advanced node technologies such as 7nm, 5nm, or below.
• Good industry connects with EDA tool companies, foundries and Tier 1 semiconductor companies
• Drive innovations and optimizations to enhance power, performance, and area (PPA) metrics.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and methodologies to improve backend development practices.
• Exposure to ASIC-package codesign a plus.
• Create and leverage VLSI partner ecosystem for expanding offerings and talent
• Stay updated on semiconductor industry trends and competitor activities to refine the strategy accordingly and gain customer mindshare.
• Work closely with design, verification, and manufacturing teams to align backend strategies with overall ASIC development goals.
• VLSI services Strategy, Business Plans and roadmaps
• SoW and MSA reviews

Expectations from the Role

• Drive VLSI services strategy, offering, capabilities, and talent creation and scaling
• Own and meet the VLSI services business growth
• Collaborate with academia, partners and talent teams to grow VLSI talent
• Create differentiated design methodologies, offerings and solution demos to showcase at industry events
• Collaborate with Presales and Sales teams to develop compelling customer propositions and sales collateral
• Ability to engage confidently at senior levels within customer organizations
• Review and ensure smooth delivery of VLSI services engagement
• Utilize industry trends, competitive insights to enhance sales strategies and provide input to offering owners.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client facing skills
• Excellent communication and analytical skills