Director, Digital Design & Verification

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality digital design and verification across all programs (schedule, performance, silicon success)
• Achieve predictable execution with early risk identification and strong mitigation frameworks
• Improve first-pass silicon success rate through disciplined verification and robust design practices
• Enable faster time-to-market through reuse, automation, and methodology standardization
• Build the site into a self-sufficient digital & verification hub, reducing dependency on external sites

Core Responsibilities

• Technical & Architecture Leadership:
• Guide architecture decisions for digital control systems, power management FSMs, and system interfaces
• Ensure robust design practices across: RTL quality (coding standards, lint, CDC), Timing closure (STA, constraints), DFT/scan and test readiness
• Drive design reuse strategy to improve productivity and consistency
• Verification Excellence:
• Establish a world-class DV capability including: Coverage-driven verification, SystemVerilog/UVM environments, Formal verification where applicable, AMS/DMS co-simulation for mixed-signal validation
• Define verification plans that ensure full coverage and sign-off confidence
• Drive automation and regression efficiency to scale execution
• Execution & Delivery:
• Own delivery across all digital and DV activities with clear accountability
• Drive execution rigor: Milestone planning, Risk tracking and mitigation, Transparent status reporting
• Ensure consistent on-time tape-out with high-quality silicon
• Organization & Talent:
• Build and scale a high-performing digital & verification team
• Define roles, expectations, and career progression aligned with job leveling frameworks
• Develop technical leaders and mentors to increase organizational leverage
• Hire, retain, and grow capability aligned with site strategy
• Methodology & Continuous Improvement:
• Institutionalize standardized design and verification flows
• Drive continuous improvements in: Productivity (reuse, automation), Quality (coverage, bug escape reduction), Efficiency (cycle time reduction)
• Promote a culture of data-driven decision making and engineering rigor

Direction (Strategic Leadership)

• Define a clear multi-year vision for digital and verification capabilities at the site
• Translate business and product strategy into technical roadmap and capability investments
• Drive adoption of best-in-class methodologies, tools, and automation frameworks
• Continuously adapt strategy based on execution gaps, competitive pressure, and program risk
• Elevate the role from task execution to systemic impact and organizational leverage

Alignment (Influence & Collaboration)

• Lead cross-functional alignment with analog, system, FW, product, and test teams
• Act as the primary site interface for digital and verification in global reviews
• Align with other sites on IP reuse, methodology standardization, and sign-off practices
• Build strong partnerships with product line managers to ensure design meets system and market needs
• Ensure seamless integration across global teams for multi-site program delivery