Senior Manager - Design Engineering

FHLB Des Moines; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead the CBU Silicon Design Center, guiding RTL design and verification across multiple tape-outs for high-performance devices.

You will mentor engineers, set technical direction, and partner with PM, Software and Physical Design teams to deliver robust silicon solutions in a fast-paced, globally distributed environment. The role emphasizes strategic leadership, hands-on technical excellence, and building a scalable

Qualifications

• Degree in EE (Bachelor’s or higher) required.
• 14+ years of experience in silicon design and verification preferred.
• Strong leadership and mentoring temperament.
• Deep expertise in RTL design, verification flows, and timing analysis.
• Experience with 28nm or smaller nodes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of 20+ engineers; manage resources and growth.
• Drive end-to-end RTL design, verification, synthesis and silicon bring-up.
• Champion advanced design methodologies and automation, including AI tools.
• Collaborate across Physical Design, Software, Marketing, and Validation teams.

Skills

RTL Design

Verification

Leadership

Silicon Development

EDA Tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE

Tools

Synopsys

Cadence

EDA tools

Job description

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. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you. Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!

Job Description:

Microchip’s Communications Business Unit (CBU) develops high-performance networking, connectivity, and edge compute semiconductor solutions that power communications infrastructure, data centers, automotive systems, aerospace and defense platforms, and industrial applications. Our global team works across the full product lifecycle to deliver innovative products that enable the world’s most demanding connected systems. The CBU Product Development team is engaged through the full device R&D cycle from concept, design and implementation stages. Once a prototype is available, we support embedded software development and system validation lab testing through to mass-market production release. We are an experienced chip team working with the latest semiconductor development tools and methodologies in advanced process technologies to develop state-of-the-art network devices. We are seeking a senior design manager in India for a rare opportunity to help build something foundational. We are looking for a recognized hands-on technical leader who can shape architecture, guide complex semiconductor development programs, solve challenging engineering problems, and make critical technical decisions, while being able to attract exceptional talent, mentor engineers, and build a high-performing organization from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity to help establish and scale CBU’s Silicon Design Center in India while defining both the technical direction and engineering culture of the organization. As a Senior Manager in the CBU Product Development team you will be responsible for the technical leadership of communication semiconductor devices or subsystems. You will collaborate with Project Management, Marketing and Application Engineers, Chip Architects, Subsystem Leads and Verification Teams to deliver complex designs in a friendly, challenging and professional environment. As an engineering manager, you will have leadership responsibilities that may include direct reports and/or contractors. You will a have the opportunity to enhance and grow CBU’s technical capabilities through mentorship, coaching and recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership and Talent & Team Management: Lead and develop a team of 20+ engineers; Manage resource allocation, performance reviews, and technical career growth.
• Technical Execution: Drive end-to-end RTL design execution, from concept through to architecture, coding, verification, synthesis, sign-off, and silicon bring-up support; Serving as a technical authority for digital design, ensuring high standards in quality, performance, power, and area; Resolving complex, cross-domain design and EDA tool challenges impacting schedule or silicon quality.
• Methodology Innovation: Drive the adoption of advanced techniques through different phases of silicon development: from design, verification, to validation and release to production; Continuously improve efficiency through automation, scripting, and the integration of AI-driven tools.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Physical Design, Software, Product Engineering, Validation and other teams/vendors to resolve complex integration issues and bottlenecks.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Education: Degree in EE (Bachelor’s or higher)
• Work experience: 14+ years of experience is preferred
• Proven leadership skills with strong coaching and mentoring temperament
• Ability to think both strategically and tactically
• Deep understanding of all phases of silicon development with expertise in RTL design and verification.
• Strong understanding of functional verification flows and environments.
• Proven success delivering multiple complex tape-outs in high-performance silicon.
• Deep hands-on experience with Lint, CDC, formal verification, logic synthesis, and static timing analysis along with physical design interactions.
• Solid experience with low-power design methodologies and flows.
• Working knowledge of DFT, including scan, testability considerations, and DFT sign-off interactions.
• Experience with Synopsys or Cadence tools for synthesis, verification or STA (an asset)
• Experience with 28nm and smaller silicon process technologies (an asset)
• Hands-on experience with ASIC EDA tools/environment is an asset.

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