Senior Director, Physical Design & Backend Engineering (HPC)

Job overview

The Senior Director, Physical Design & Backend Engineering (HPC) is an onsite role based in Austin, TX. Compensation is not specified for this position, which supports the Engineering department in delivering high-quality silicon solutions. This role is responsible for leading globally distributed engineering teams to ensure the successful execution of HPC SoC and MCU programs. It focuses on driving consistency, scalability, and reliability from RTL to GDS, ensuring all power, performance, and area targets are met on schedule.

What you'll do

• Own full lifecycle delivery from RTL through physical implementation, signoff, and tape-out.
• Lead and scale large, geographically distributed backend engineering teams.
• Drive delivery against defined power, performance, and area (PPA) targets.
• Enable adoption of advanced process nodes and associated design methodologies.
• Partner with architecture, RTL, DFT, methodology, and product engineering teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

austin tx

semiconductor

hpc

soc

mcu

physical design

backend engineering

leadership

onsite

no on-call

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Competitive benefits package provided during the hiring process.

Why this role

Focus on HPC SoC and MCU programs with 20+ years of semiconductor design experience.

About the employer

Renesas is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.