Senior Manager - Characterization

Microchip Technology; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology is seeking a senior leader to head the characterization team, guiding evaluation of next-generation FPGA and SoC products. You will align cross-functional efforts across software, silicon, program management, product engineering, test, and marketing to ensure successful rollout.

The role demands 15+ years in the field, with strong background in digital/mixed-signal circuits, Verilog/VHDL, and experience overseeing large teams.

Qualifications

• BSEE or MSEE degree required.
• 15+ years of industry experience.
• Experience leading small to medium teams (5+ years).

Responsibilities

• Lead the characterization team and enable team growth through internal development and strategic hiring
• Collaborate with offshore teams to expedite bring-up of first silicon, and support validation for fast rollout
• Define characterization methodologies and infrastructure for high-speed IPs in FPGA and SoC products
• Define characterization plans, drive execution, track schedules and report to core teams during validation
• Characterize IPs including digital high-speed peripherals, PLLs, and FPGAs
• Correlate pre-silicon results with silicon measurements
• Drive innovation to improve coverage and accelerate time to market
• Support customer requests to accelerate technology adoption revenue ramp

Skills

BSEE/MSEE

Team Leadership

Digital & Mixed-signal

Serial Protocols

DDR5/DDR4/LPDDR5/LPDDR4

ARM/RISC-V

Verilog/VHDL

Lab Equipment Proficiency

Communication Skills

Education

BSEE/MSEE

Tools

Libero

Vivado/ISE

Quartus

Job description

Job Summary

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

Role Overview

The candidate will lead the characterization team to support the rollout of the next generation products to the market. This cross functional role will involve leading the work of a team and will provide opportunities to interact with the many players of product development and rollout including Software Engineering, Silicon engineering, Program Management, Product engineering, Test Engineering, and Marketing.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Lead the characterization team and enable team growth through internal development and strategic hiring
• Collaborate with offshore teams to expedite bring-up of first silicon, and support validation for fast rollout
• Work with stakeholders to define high speed characterization methodologies and infrastructure for the next generation FPGA and SOC product line
• Define characterization, drive execution, track schedules and report back to core teams throughout the validation phase
• Characterization of a wide range of IP including Digital High-speed peripherals, PLLs, and FPGAs
• Correlation of pre-silicon results with silicon measurements
• Drive continuous innovation to improve characterization coverage and accelerate time to market
• Support customer s requests to accelerate technology adoption revenue ramp

Required Skills and Experience

• BSEE or MSEE
• 15+ years of relevant industry experience
• 5+ years of managing small to medium size teams
• 8+ years of experience in product characterization or silicon validation with emphasis on digital and mixed-signal circuits
• 5+ years of experience in characterization and/or validation of serial protocols (PCIe/10GBaseKR/XAUI/SATA/etc.) and/or memory interfaces (DDR5/4/etc., LPDDR5/4/etc.)
• Expertise in characterization of SoC, processors, PLL, Oscillators, etc.
• Firmware Development on multi-core microcontrollers or processors (ARM/RISC-V or similar)
• Experience working in a laboratory environment, using lab equipment such as BERTs, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, function generators, etc.
• Experience in evaluation of various laboratory equipment such as BERTs, Oscilloscopes, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including CMOS device operation and characteristics
• Experience in board design fundamentals, signal and power integrity
• Experience with Verilog or VHDL
• Exposure to automated characterization flows to maximize use of equipment
• Critical thinking, creative, problem-solving, forward planning, and strategic thinking
• Must have strong self-learning ability, leadership, decision making, enjoy working in teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Result driven, Quality and goal oriented
• Analytical and organized

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of JTAG protocol highly desirable
• Working knowledge of SOC and/or FPGA Architectures
• Knowledge of FPGA design synthesis and routing associated with Microchip (Libero), AMD/Xilinx (Vivado, ISE), or Intel/Altera (Quartus) tools
• Working knowledge of at least 1 of the following languages: Java/ C/C++, Visual Basic and/or Perl
• Analog and mixed signal circuit design. Working experience with analog and/or digital systems is an advantage

Travel Time

0% - 25%

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