Sr Mgr/Dep Director ASIC Digital Design IP ENGINEERING
$167,000 - $275,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 August 2026 by the employer.
Lead the design and delivery of processor cores and SoC IP solutions.
About the role
This role leads the design and delivery of processor and SoC IP solutions. It involves technical and organizational leadership for a team of digital design engineers, driving architecture implementation, RTL development, integration, verification closure support, and successful silicon execution.
What you'll do
- Lead the end-to-end development of processor cores and subsystems from architectural specification through tapeout.
- Drive microarchitecture definition and RTL implementation for high-performance and low-power processor designs.
- Review design specifications, RTL quality, synthesis results, timing closure strategies, and integration readiness.
- Establish and enforce design methodologies, coding guidelines, and best practices.
- Develop project plans, resource allocation strategies, and execution schedules.
- Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing processor design team.
What you'll need
- Minimum of 12+ years of experience in digital IC/SoC/processor design.
- Expertise in Microarchitecture development.
- Expertise in RTL design (Verilog/SystemVerilog).
- Expertise in Processor pipelines and memory subsystems.
- Expertise in SoC integration.
- Expertise in ASIC design flow.
- Expertise in Synthesis and timing analysis.
- Proven track record of successful silicon delivery.
- Experience leading medium to large engineering teams.
- Understanding of PPA optimization techniques.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Experience with RISC-V, MIPS, ARM, ARC, or custom processor architectures.
- Experience with advanced technology nodes (7nm, 5nm, 3nm, and beyond).
- Expertise in multicore processors, AI accelerators, or high-performance computing architectures.
- Experience leading geographically distributed teams.
This role has been open 67 days — slightly above the 61-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1024
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | GlobalFoundries | All employers we track in this specialty (1024 roles · 103 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 14 | 1024 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 42 | 3202 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 36 d | 61 d (−25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 140 open roles · median 63 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 31 d
- AMD · 71 open roles · median 37 d
- Analog Devices · 47 open roles · median 49 d
- NVIDIA · 44 open roles · median 59 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 42 open roles · median 85 d
How we counted: 1024 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.