CareerPlan

Senior Director, Central Engineering – SoC Design & Modeling Methodologies

San Jose, CALIFORNIA, usFull-time2026-10-28 → 2026-11-11

Core

Lead workload and performance analysis, hardware/software (HW/SW) optimization and co-design (including AI workloads), and SoC architecture for semiconductor products.

Role type

Senior Director, Central Engineering – SoC Design & Modeling Methodologies

Builds

Next-generation SoC architectures, virtual platforms, and design enablement strategies for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT product lines.

Domain

Semiconductor / SoC Design / AI Workloads

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

SoC architecture, HW/SW co-design, workload characterization, performance analysis, AI workload analysis, model-based development, IP and subsystem development, SoC verification methodologies, design and verification automation flows, virtual platforms, executable specifications, SoC performance modeling

Preferred skills

Platform design, translating customer-facing requirements into system-level requirements, strategic roadmap definition, cross-functional team leadership

Technologies

Virtual platforms, executable specifications, design and verification automation flows

Responsibilities

Define and drive the strategic roadmap for workload analysis and performance for both IPs and products across the company; Lead architecture performance reviews and technical direction for complex IP/SoC and subsystem developments; Establish best practices for hardware/software co-design and model-based development; Provide technical leadership for cross-functional teams spanning architecture, design, verification, emulation, and software; Define and analyze AI workloads and the performance required for these workloads; Build and lead high-performing engineering teams; Mentor directors, principal engineers, and distinguished engineers; Influence long-term semiconductor technology and platform strategy.

Seniority

Senior Director, hands-on IC with organizational leadership