Director of Silicon Design Engineering

The Director of Silicon Design Engineering is responsible for end-to-end silicon performance, design execution, and technical leadership of a global engineering team. They drive cross-functional alignment across architecture, validation, and software teams to ensure product targets are met.

Responsibilities

• Own system level performance attainment and HW/SW optimization to improve out of box and sustained performance across silicon products
• Lead post-silicon debug, regression, performance analysis, and optimization efforts to achieve committed product targets
• Establish and evolve methodologies for power and performance modeling, validation, and silicon bring up
• Lead execution across multiple silicon programs, ensuring performance and power goals are met on schedule
• Partner closely with architecture, RTL design, verification, firmware, system software, and product management teams
• Identify and mitigate technical and execution risks across the silicon lifecycle
• Drive continuous improvement in tools, flows, and best practices for silicon design and performance engineering
• Build, scale, and lead a global team of silicon design and performance engineers
• Manage senior technical leaders (Fellows, Senior Fellows, Directors) and develop succession plans
• Set clear technical direction, performance expectations, and career development paths for the organization
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and collaboration

Requirements

• Extensive experience in silicon design engineering, performance architecture, or related technical domains
• Deep understanding of SoC architecture, performance modeling, power analysis, and silicon debug
• Proven experience leading large, global engineering teams
• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to drive complex technical programs from concept through post-silicon execution
• Experience with high-performance compute, AI accelerators, GPUs, or large-scale SoCs
• Background in both hardware and system/software performance optimization
• Prior experience interfacing with external customers or partners on silicon performance topics

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Excellent benefits
• Opportunities for growth and development
• Diverse and inclusive work environment

Key Skills