Design Verification - Director, Design Engineering

 

Director, Design Engineering – Data Center Solutions 

Location - Bangalore

Exp - 19+yrs

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage multidisciplinary Design and Verification teams responsible for advanced silicon products, including PCIe Switches, Retimers, CXL Controllers, SAS Controllers, and Enterprise Flash Storage solutions.
• Drive technical strategy, architecture, design execution, and product innovations to support next-generation data center and AI infrastructure solutions.
• Collaborate effectively across global engineering organizations to achieve aggressive time-to-market (TTM) objectives.
• Define architecture and implementation strategies aligned with business objectives, customer requirements, and technology roadmaps.
• Oversee all phases of silicon development, including specification development, RTL design, functional verification, synthesis, timing closure, physical implementation support, silicon bring-up, and production release.
• Partner closely with Architecture, Firmware, Validation, Product Management, Program Management, and Applications Engineering teams to deliver high-quality products.
• Drive adoption of industry best practices, innovative design methodologies, and advanced verification techniques to improve design quality and engineering efficiency.
• Build, mentor, and develop engineering talent while fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Manage project schedules, resource planning, risk mitigation, and execution to deliver products on time and with high quality.
• Engage directly with customers, ecosystem partners, and key stakeholders to understand market requirements and support successful product deployment.
• Maintain technical leadership by staying current with industry standards and emerging technologies, including PCIe, CXL, SAS, NVMe, AI infrastructure, and high-speed interconnect solutions.

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Requirements/Qualifications:

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 19+ years of semiconductor industry experience, including significant leadership experience managing design and verification teams.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex ASIC/SoC products from architecture through volume production.
• Deep expertise in PCIe, CXL, SAS, NVMe, and high-speed connectivity architectures and protocols.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of RTL design using Verilog/SystemVerilog and verification methodologies such as UVM.
• Comprehensive understanding of the semiconductor development lifecycle, including synthesis, timing closure, physical implementation, DFT, silicon validation, and tape-out processes.
• Demonstrated success leading geographically distributed teams within a global engineering organization.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and project execution skills.
• Prior leadership experience working with North American engineering organizations and customers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Enterprise Flash Storage Controllers, PCIe Switches, Retimers, and CXL-based architectures.
• Strong understanding of silicon security, reliability, functional safety, power management, and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience driving customer engagements, architecture reviews, and technical roadmap discussions.
• Previous experience working within multinational semiconductor companies.
• Knowledge of AI infrastructure, hyperscale data center architectures, and emerging memory technologies is highly desirable.

Why Join Microchip?

• Lead the development of cutting-edge silicon solutions powering next-generation Data Center and AI infrastructure.
• Influence product strategy and technology roadmaps for industry-leading connectivity and storage solutions.
• Collaborate with a world-class team of engineers, architects, and innovators across global locations.
• Work in a dynamic, inclusive, and highly collaborative environment focused on innovation and technical excellence.
• Make a significant impact in one of the semiconductor industry's fastest-growing markets.