Director of Engineering – ASIC Design

Location: Hyderabad

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly accomplished Director of Engineering to lead front-end design of advanced SoCs, sub-systems optimized for AI inference, networking, and edge compute workloads.

This role requires a strong blend of hands-on technical depth, system-level thinking, and people leadership, driving silicon from concept through RTL, verification, physical design collaboration, and silicon bring-up—while optimizing performance, power, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Microarchitecture Design

• Define and implement hardware architectures and micro-architectures optimized for AI inference performance, power efficiency, and scalability.
• Drive architectural trade-off analysis across compute, memory, interconnect, and I/O subsystems.
• Collaborate with system and software teams to align hardware architecture with AI workloads and inference use cases.

RTL Design & SoC / IP Integration

• Lead development and integration of RTL components using Verilog/SystemVerilog for IPs, sub-systems, and full SoCs.
• Oversee integration of internal and third-party IPs (ARM, RISC-V, PCIe, UCIe, USB, NoC, memory, AI accelerators).
• Ensure delivery of QC-clean RTL (Lint, CDC/RDC, UPF compliant) to backend teams.

Functional Verification & Design Quality

• Guide and review verification strategy, including testbench architecture, assertions, and coverage closure.
• Collaborate with verification teams on simulation-based, formal, and system-level verification.
• Ensure design robustness through early bug discovery and cross-functional debug.

People & Organizational Leadership

• Build, mentor, and lead high-performing teams across, RTL, and integration.
• Drive performance management, coaching, hiring, and technical career growth.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and innovation.

Physical Design Collaboration & Silicon Readiness

• Partner closely with physical design teams on synthesis, timing closure, congestion, and power optimization.
• Provide front-end guidance for floorplan-aware RTL, clocking strategies, and low-power techniques.
• Support backend sign-off and silicon bring-up, ensuring first-silicon success.

Program Execution & Delivery

• Manage schedules, dependencies, and risks across global cross-functional teams.
• Deliver programs with high quality, predictable execution, and aggressive timelines.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 15+ years of experience in ASIC front-end design and SoC architecture.
• Proven delivery of complex SoCs / AI accelerators in production silicon.
• Strong background in architecture, RTL, verification, timing, power, and silicon bring-up.

Technical Skills

• Verilog / SystemVerilog, microarchitecture
• SoC/IP integration
• Performance and power modeling methodologies
• ASIC sign-off flows: Lint, CDC/RDC, STA, power analysis
• Low-power design: clock gating, power gating, DVFS
• Scripting: Python, Perl, TCL

Leadership Skills

• Strong system-level thinking and technical decision-making
• Ability to influence across organizations and geographies
• Excellent communication with executive and technical stakeholders
• Proven mentoring and team-building capability

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