Director – SOC Design

Director – SOC Design

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 15+ years of related professional experience or Master’s degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 10+ years of experience.
• 10+ years of experience in design engineering with focus on SOC design, integration and verification.
• Proven track record of managing technical teams and leading cross-functional teams across multiple geographies.
• Extensive and deep knowledge of SOC design components and interconnects, including clock, reset, design-for-test and design-for-debug features, IP integration and boot and security requirements.
• Hands on experience with RTL Coding and methodologies, IP integration flows, design quality tools.
• Working knowledge in one or more of the following: Processor architecture, IO protocols (PCIe, CXL, Ethernet) and memory technologies interfaces (DDR, HBM).
• Cross domain knowledge to resolve SOC issues with design, DFT, Synthesis, Physical design, STA team.
• Strong experience in coding in scripting languages like Perl, Python, Tcl & UNIX Shell etc.
• Strong understanding of product development cycle of large SOCs through multiple successful product tape-outs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a strong SOC design team across multiple geographies.
• Work closely with various stakeholders to architect and design high quality SOC designs.
• Lead the SOC design team by being hands-on with RTL coding, IP integration flows and drive quality and methodology improvements.
• Define, track and drive project execution timelines and milestones working closely with various stakeholders and program management for successful product execution.
• Define the system architecture, micro-architecture and register specification for highly complex SoCs and participate in specification writeup.
• Work with the physical design teams, providing guidance and support in floorplanning, power analysis, synthesis and timing signoff through reviews and design changes.
• Work with the verification team on pre-silicon verification tasks such as reviewing the verification test plans, coverage analysis, full-chip simulation and emulation, performance and power analysis and debug.
• Work with third party vendors to define customization requirements of third party IPs (controller, PHY, etc.).
• Conduct detailed performance, architectural and design requirement reviews with cross-functional teams, IP Vendors and customers.
• Recruit, retain, and develop top engineering talent.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.