Hop
Senior Director, Physical Design & Backend Engineering (HPC)
Austin, TX · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
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About the role
- The role operates at the intersection of execution, technology enablement, and organizational leadership, driving consistency, scalability, and reliability across multiple sites and concurrent programs.
- Key Success Measures • On-time delivery of silicon across programs. • Achievement of PPA and quality targets. • Improvement in execution predictability and cycle time. • Organizational scalability and capability development.
Responsibilities
- Own full lifecycle delivery from RTL through physical implementation, signoff, and tape-out.
- Ensure predictable execution, design closure, and milestone adherence across all programs.
- Drive first-pass silicon success through robust methodologies and execution discipline.
- Lead and scale large, geographically distributed backend engineering teams.
- Build organizational capability to support multiple concurrent SoC and MCU programs.
- Own delivery against defined power, performance, and area (PPA) targets.
- Drive continuous improvement in cost, quality, and engineering efficiency.
- Enable adoption of advanced process nodes and associated design methodologies.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Approximately 20+ years of experience in semiconductor design, with strong focus on physical design and implementation.
Nice to have
- Experience in high-performance computing, automotive, or advanced SoC domains.
- Exposure to methodology and flow development at scale.
- Experience working across multiple geographies and cultures.
- Key Success Measures
- On-time delivery of silicon across programs.
- Achievement of PPA and quality targets.
- Improvement in execution predictability and cycle time.
- Organizational scalability and capability development.
Company info
- Global Team Leadership
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