Sr Director, XSE Design Verification Engineering Manager

Intel•Santa Clara, CA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Design Verification Engineering Manager leads a team responsible for verifying Xeon SoC designs. The role deploys and manages silicon design verification processes, procedures, tools, and technologies based on industry best practices. It partners with design, microarchitecture, and post-silicon validation teams to identify design bugs and improve microarchitecture, while promoting rapid execution, high quality, and simpler process flows. The position contributes to delivery excellence and Intel's development of innovative technology solutions. The role is within Intel's Data Center Group, in the DSE Xeon SoC Engineering organization, which develops SoC designs for next-generation data center performance. The manager communicates verification status and design quality to senior executives, supports solutions for critical design issues, and collaborates with program leaders to track verification delivery and regression metrics against milestones. The role also works with SoC security validation teams to incorporate security testing and complete security development lifecycle tasks according to role and schedule milestones. The manager sets clear goals, facilitates work, maintains accountability, applies differentiated performance management, and drives team results. They inspire and develop team members, foster a productive work environment, and cultivate future technical leaders with a rapid-execution, can-do attitude.

Requirements

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
12+ years of ASIC/SoC design and verification experience with a Bachelor's degree, 8+ years with a Master's degree, or 6+ years with a PhD.
Comprehensive knowledge of industry-standard protocols.

Nice To Haves

Proven experience in formal people management or leadership roles, with 5–10+ years managing technical teams.
Familiarity with AI and GPU technologies.
Experience with hardware emulation platforms.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively lead cross-functional teams and drive results.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of design verification engineers responsible for Xeon SoC design verification.
Deploy and manage silicon design verification processes, procedures, tools, and technologies based on industry best practices.
Work with design, microarchitecture, and post-silicon validation teams to identify design bugs and improve microarchitecture.
Present verification status and design quality to senior executives, and present solutions when designs encounter critical issues.
Collaborate with program leaders on verification delivery and regression metrics against milestone requirements.
Understand security milestone expectations and work with SoC security validation teams to incorporate security testing through validation, hackathon reviews, and new validation techniques to improve security coverage.
Execute security and security development lifecycle tasks according to job role and schedule milestones.
Set clear goals, facilitate work, maintain accountability, apply differentiated performance management, and drive team results.
Inspire people, model Intel values, develop others' capabilities, and ensure a productive work environment.
Develop future technical leaders who demonstrate rapid execution and a can-do attitude.