Senior Director, EDA Engineering
Skyworks
- Woburn, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
We are looking for a leader with experience working in a worldwide organization, leveraging advantages
of lower-cost geographies. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Acoustics and EDA Engineering,
this leader will set the tone for technical direction in conjunction with business leaders and other
divisional engineering leaders to ensure commercial success.As the EDA/CAD (Electronic Design Automation/Computer-Aided Design) Senior Director of Engineering,
you will be responsible for leading and overseeing the EDA/CAD engineering team within the company.
Your primary objective is to ensure the efficient and effective utilization of EDA/CAD tools and
methodologies to support the development and validation of electronic designs and integrated circuits.
This position plays a critical role in driving innovation, enhancing productivity, and ensuring the
successful execution of complex electronic design projects.Job DescriptionKey Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership: Provide strong leadership and guidance to the EDA/CAD engineering team.
skill development among team members.
- EDA/CAD Tool Selection and Integration: Evaluate, select, and implement state-of-the-art
Collaborate with vendors and other stakeholders to drive the path to enabling most efficient
flows, tools and methodology, in close collaboration with design engineering and IT.
- Methodology Development: Develop and enhance EDA/CAD methodologies and design flows to
opportunities for process improvements and drive their implementation across the team.
- Design Flow Optimization: Work closely with design teams to analyze and improve the design
scripting solutions to increase productivity and reduce design cycle time.
- Design Verification and Validation: Oversee the development of design verification and
Collaborate with design teams to address any identified issues and ensure successful tape-outs.
- Quality Assurance: Implement and maintain rigorous quality assurance practices for EDA/CAD
- Resource Management: Effectively allocate resources, including staffing, budget, and
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with other engineering teams, such as ASIC design,
a culture of collaboration.
- Technology Trends: Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements and trends in EDA/CAD
strategies and recommend appropriate adoption. Drive choices of CAD tools, the IT
infrastructure and design methodology to ensure best-in-class methodology, coverage, time-tomarket, as well as the most cost-efficient CAD deployment based on a Total-Cost-of-Ownership
approach.Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in EDA/CAD engineering with a focus on digital and
- Proven leadership experience in managing and mentoring engineering teams.
- Strong knowledge of industry-standard EDA/CAD tools and methodologies.
- Proficiency in programming languages and scripting for automation (e.g., Tcl, Python, Perl).
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on process optimization.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional