Senior Director, Physical Design & Backend Engineering (HPC)
Job Description
The Senior Director, Physical Design & Backend Engineering is accountable for end-to-end backend execution
across HPC SoC and MCU programs, including implementation, signoff, and convergence from RTL to GDS.
This role leads globally distributed engineering teams and ensures delivery of high-quality silicon on schedule,
meeting defined power, performance, and area (PPA) targets. 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 Responsibilities
1. End-to-End Backend Execution
• 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.
2. Global Team Leadership
• Lead and scale large, geographically distributed backend engineering teams.
• Establish clear accountability, performance standards, and delivery ownership across sites.
• Build organizational capability to support multiple concurrent SoC and MCU programs.
3. PPA and Quality Accountability
• Own delivery against defined power, performance, and area (PPA) targets.
• Drive continuous improvement in cost, quality, and engineering efficiency.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, signoff criteria, and validation requirements.
4. Technology and Methodology Enablement
• Enable adoption of advanced process nodes and associated design methodologies.
• Drive improvements in tools, flows, and engineering practices across implementation and signoff.
• Partner with foundries, EDA vendors, and internal teams to enhance design outcomes.
5. Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with architecture, RTL, DFT, methodology, and product engineering teams.
• Ensure alignment between architectural intent and physical implementation feasibility.
• Support program execution through close collaboration with program and product leadership.
6. Organizational Execution and Scaling
• Standardize ways of working across global teams to reduce variability and improve predictability.
• Drive data-driven execution using metrics, KPIs, and performance tracking.
• Identify and remove bottlenecks impacting delivery timelines or quality
Requirements
Function: Engineering
Experience Level: Executive