Sr Director, XSE Design Verification Engineering Manager
$256,050 - $361,480 USD yearly
Direct Xeon SoC design verification processes and delivery milestones in Santa Clara.
Originally posted 30 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Design Verification Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of design verification engineers responsible for Xeon SoC design verification. You will deploy and manage silicon design verification processes, procedures, verification tools, and technologies while collaborating with design, microarchitecture, and post-silicon validation teams.
What you'll do
- Present the status of verification and design quality to senior executives, providing technical solutions when critical issues arise.
- Collaborate with program leaders on verification delivery and regression metrics against project milestones.
- Work with SoC security validation teams to integrate security-related testing, hackathon reviews, and validation techniques to meet security development lifecycle requirements.
- Partner with design, microarchitecture, and post-silicon validation teams to identify design bugs and improve microarchitecture.
- Direct team execution through goal setting, work facilitation, accountability, and technical performance management.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 12+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC design and verification with a Bachelor's degree, 8+ years with a Master's degree, or 6+ years with a PhD.
- Comprehensive knowledge of industry-standard protocols.
Nice to have
- Proven experience in formal people management or leadership roles, with 5-10+ years in managing technical teams.
- Familiarity with AI and GPU technologies.
- Experience with hardware emulation platforms.
Skills: design verification, Xeon SoC, ASIC verification, emulation, testbench
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 58-day median for Design Verification roles.
Design Verification · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
1269
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Median days open
58 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$185k
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| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (1269 roles · 96 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 42 | 1269 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 102 | 3325 · 114 employers |
| Median days open | 23 d | 58 d (−35 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: design verification, Xeon SoC, ASIC verification, emulation, testbench
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 112 open roles · median 43 d
- NVIDIA · 93 open roles · median 70 d
- AMD · 91 open roles · median 59 d
- Synopsys · 73 open roles · median 44 d
- Apple · 70 open roles · median 9 d
- SiFive · 56 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 1269 open Design Verification (Design Verification) roles from 96 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.