Senior Director, Physical Design & Backend Engineering (HPC)

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.

Scope and Impact • Responsible for backend execution across multiple SoC and MCU programs. • Direct leadership of large, multi-site engineering teams. • Critical impact on silicon delivery timelines, product quality, and business outcomes. • Key contributor to organizational execution capability and scalability within HPC.