Senior ASIC Lead & Program Director

Teradyne; Agoura Hills (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 308,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible Spending Accounts

Retirement plans

Life and disability insurance

Paid vacation & holidays

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Teradyne, located in Agoura Hills, CA, seeks a Senior ASIC Chip Lead / Project Lead to drive the development and delivery of a large-scale mixed-signal ASIC for next-generation Automated Test Equipment systems.

This role requires a proven leader who can coordinate architecture, analog/digital design, verification, physical design, and production teams, while ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery. Strong program management and external partner collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• BSEE, MSEE, or equivalent with 15+ years in semiconductor industry.
• 5+ years leading complex ASIC developments.
• Experience managing geographically distributed teams and external partners.
• Strong program management including schedule, risk, and executive communications.
• Experience with advanced-node ASIC development preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for successful ASIC execution from concept through production.
• Lead cross-functional teams across architecture, analog design, digital design, verification, physical design, package engineering, test, characterization, and operations.
• Define ASIC architecture, technical tradeoffs, execution strategy, and product requirements.
• Drive schedule development, critical-path management, milestone tracking, and risk mitigation.
• Conduct regular program reviews and provide status updates to engineering and executive leadership.
• Coordinate outsourced design partners, EDA vendors, IP suppliers, and foundry partners.
• Resolve technical and program conflicts while balancing quality, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Drive tapeout readiness reviews and silicon bring-up planning.
• Develop staffing plans and identify resource gaps throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Led complex ASIC developments

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Advanced-node ASIC development

Education

BSEE, MSEE, or equivalent

Tools

EDA tools

IP suppliers

Foundry partners

Job description

Teradyne, located in Agoura Hills, CA, seeks a Senior ASIC Chip Lead / Project Lead to drive the development and delivery of a large-scale mixed-signal ASIC for next-generation Automated Test Equipment systems.

This role requires a proven leader who can coordinate architecture, analog/digital design, verification, physical design, and production teams, while ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery. Strong program management and external partner collaboration are essential.