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Senior Director, Physical Design & Backend Engineering (HPC)

Austin, TEXAS, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-21 → 2026-09-30

Core

Lead end-to-end backend execution for HPC SoC and MCU programs from RTL to GDS, ensuring on-time silicon delivery and PPA targets.

Role type

Senior Director, Physical Design & Backend Engineering

Builds

High-performance SoC and MCU silicon

Domain

Semiconductor / Hardware Design / HPC

Required skills

End-to-end RTL-to-GDSII flow, Global team leadership, PPA optimization, Advanced node implementation, Cross-functional collaboration, Organizational scaling

Preferred skills

High-performance computing domain experience, Methodology and flow development, Multi-geography management

Technologies

Synthesis, Place and Route, Timing closure, Physical verification, EDA tools, Advanced process nodes

Responsibilities

Own full lifecycle delivery from RTL through tape-out, Lead and scale large distributed engineering teams, Drive continuous improvement in cost and engineering efficiency, Enable adoption of advanced process nodes and methodologies, Partner with foundries and EDA vendors, Standardize ways of working across global teams

Seniority

Senior Director, strategic leadership & organizational scaling

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