Director, Silicon Design Engineering

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · Hsinchu, Taiwan · Engineering

AMD is seeking a Director of Silicon Design Engineering to lead a high-performance engineering team in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The role involves managing a Silicon Engineering group, innovating with internal teams and external partners, and driving the creation of next-generation computing technologies. The ideal candidate will have strong technical and managerial experience, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams, with a focus on optimizing performance and managing IP design projects.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead a high-performance engineering team
  2. Form a team and nurture talent
  3. Lead team, meet schedule commitments and provide strong support to customers
  4. Collaborate with multi-functional leaders to drive AMD's success

Skills

Required

  • Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
  • Solid design and leading experiences
  • Experience leading others in technical and managerial settings
  • Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills

Nice to have

  • Experience working with a distributed team
  • Strong mentoring and coaching skills
  • Proven experience managing and leading engineering teams
  • Prior experience in optimizing performance (client, server, system, or embedded)
  • Experience managing IP design projects with teams of 10 or more people
  • Specialized knowledge of USB 3.0/3.1/3.2 or Thunderbolt protocols and link layers
  • Knowledge of PCIE or AMBA
  • Expertise in IP micro-architecture and Verilog RTL design for large digital IP projects
  • Recognized as a technical leader who can innovate and work across different projects and departments
  • Fluent in English speaking, presenting, and writing
  • Works independently with little supervision
  • Good at scheduling tasks and meeting deadlines
  • Can solve complex and unique problems
  • Make important changes to processes
  • Lead development and implementation
  • Good communication skills
  • Well organized
  • Pays attention to details
  • Creative thinker
  • Focused on achieving goals
  • Self-starter
  • Self-motivated

What the JD emphasized

  • manage people
  • lead a design team effectively