Sr. Manager Physical Design Engineering
BangaloreFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Physical Design Senior Manager responsible for end-to-end PD execution for complex SoC/ASIC programs, leading multi-site teams and delivering tapeouts with emphasis on Place & Route, timing, power, EMIR, clocking, verification, and methodology.
Responsibilities
- Lead full-chip and block-level Physical Design execution.
- Drive Floorplanning, PNR, CTS, Timing Closure, Power Optimization, EMIR and Physical Verification signoff.
- Define and institutionalize scalable PD methodologies, flows, automation and best practices.
- Review technical quality, design readiness, milestone criteria, and signoff status.
- Drive technology enablement across new process nodes and advanced packaging technologies.
- Own PD schedules, deliverables, and milestone commitments.
- Track execution across multiple SoC programs and ensure tapeout readiness.
- Identify technical risks and drive mitigation plans.
- Partner with Program Management and Engineering leadership to resolve execution bottlenecks.
- Present program status, risks, recovery plans and resource needs to senior management.
- Build, mentor and retain a high-performing PD organization.
- Manage managers, technical leads, and senior engineers.
- Drive hiring strategy, succession planning, organizational scaling and capability development.
- Conduct performance reviews, career planning and growth discussions.
- Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration and engineering excellence.
- Partner with RTL, Architecture, DFT, FCT, DV, Power, Packaging, Silicon Validation and Product Engineering teams.
- Drive alignment across global engineering teams and external partners.
- Influence technical strategy and execution decisions across organizational boundaries.
- Define long-term PD roadmap and capability growth plans.
- Drive productivity improvements through automation, AI-enabled workflows and flow enhancements.
- Develop execution strategies for future products, process technologies and emerging methodologies.
- Represent the organization in engineering reviews and leadership forums.
Qualifications
- Proven experience leading large-scale PNR teams and complex tapeouts.
- Deep expertise in: Floorplanning, Place & Route, CTS, Timing Closure, Power Optimization, IR/EM Analysis, Physical Verification, Signoff Methodologies.
- Strong understanding of advanced technology nodes.
- Experience leading multi-site and geographically distributed teams.
- Demonstrated people-management experience including managing managers and technical leads.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
Skills
Required:Physical Design leadershipPlace & RouteFloorplanningCTSTiming ClosurePower OptimizationIR/EM AnalysisPhysical VerificationSignoff MethodologiesExecutive communication
Benefits
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