As a Senior Director of Engineering at Siemens EDA in the custom IC business unit, you will be in charge of software development activities for a significant software product line and team. You will collaborate with top business unit leadership and field staff to develop product strategy, work with key customers on developing vision for major new products and features. You will be responsible for the development execution from vision, through design and development, and into long-term scaling of the evolving product line. You will be responsible for a large technical team, and will provide direction to senior managers and directors in various areas, groups, and/or operations, and manage personnel activities of staff (i.e. hire, train, appraise, pay, reward, motivate, discipline, etc.).

You are a top expert in EDA, with comprehensive and diversified knowledge of methods and practices in broad areas of transistor-level IC design. Your technical leadership will span multiple teams and guide multiple major concurrent projects. Customers recognize you as a top leader in custom IC tools, and value your collaboration in developing solutions to complex and highly technical problems.

Essential Functions:

• Provide direction to senior managers and directors in various areas, groups, and/or operations
• Manage personnel activities of staff
• Design, develop, modify, and implement software programming for products
• Provide innovative solutions to problems in the custom IC EDA space
• Use specialized knowledge to provide technical solutions
• Lead role in tool and environment projects
• Implement code, code reviews, and software integration
• Maintain and support current software tools and environments
• Gather additional requirements from users and incorporate in tools when practical
• Implement new functionality and ensure that resultant deliverable is consistent with design
• Ensure that appropriate code reviews and unit tests are performed
• Communicate and consult with other developers and customers
• Review designs and/or implementations of other projects as required
• Manage assigned projects including defining scope, plans, schedules, and deliverables
• Maintain technical expertise in area of specialty by following technical advances in industry and academia
• Direct research to determine possible technical solutions to long-term technical issues
• Proactively communicate status of all projects, tools, and environments
• Develop new ideas
• Document all processes and procedures

Skills and Abilities Required:

• Excellent time management, communication, decision-making, presentation, human relations, and organizational skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Expert knowledge of SLC and other life cycle methodology
• Expert construction and testing skills
• Expert application integration skills
• Expert knowledge of hardware and operating environment
• Expert program and system development skills
• Expert production support skills
• Ability to work on multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively

Education and Experience Requirement:

• Requires a proven track record of leading high performing teams and developing leading EDA products in the custom IC space
• Typically requires fifteen or more years of service and a master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent, and several years of director experience

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