Architect II - VLSI

Client Job Title: RTL practice head

UST Job Title: Architect II - VLSI

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The Opportunity:
UST is looking for an experienced RTL Delivery Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of RTL Design projects for complex SoCs and IPs. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in RTL Design, proven team and delivery leadership, customer management experience, and a track record of successfully executing semiconductor/VLSI programs for global customers.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of RTL Design projects, ensuring quality, schedule, and budget adherence.
• Manage multiple RTL Design programs across SoC, IP, and subsystem development.
• Lead, mentor, and develop RTL Design Engineers, Technical Leads, and Project Leads.
• Collaborate with customers to understand requirements, define project scope, and establish execution plans.
• Track project milestones, identify risks, and implement effective mitigation plans.
• Ensure adherence to RTL coding guidelines, design methodologies, and quality processes.
• Coordinate with Verification, DFT, Physical Design, Architecture, Firmware, and Program Management teams.
• Drive resource planning, utilization, delivery excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Review RTL architecture, design specifications, code quality, and design documentation.
• Support pre-sales activities, effort estimation, proposal preparation, and technical solution discussions.
• Manage customer communication, project status reviews, escalations, and issue resolution.
• Drive process optimization, technical innovation, and delivery best practices.
• Lead geographically distributed engineering teams across multiple locations.

Required Skills:

• Strong expertise in RTL Design using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Proven experience in SoC/IP development for ASIC or FPGA.
• Strong understanding of digital design concepts, microarchitecture, and RTL implementation.
• Knowledge of Synthesis, STA/Timing Analysis, CDC, Lint, and low-power design methodologies.
• Good understanding of AMBA protocols - AXI, AHB, APB and industry-standard interfaces.
• Experience with EDA tools from Synopsys, Cadence, or Siemens EDA.
• Strong project and delivery management capabilities.
• Excellent customer-facing, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in resource planning, effort estimation, risk management, and project execution.

Desired Skills:

• Experience managing large and geographically distributed RTL engineering teams.
• Experience working with global semiconductor customers.
• Exposure to complete SoC development lifecycle and cross-functional collaboration with Architecture, Verification, DFT, Physical Design, and Firmware teams.
• Experience supporting pre-sales, solutioning, proposals, and customer engagements.
• Strong focus on delivery excellence, process improvement, and technical innovation.

Qualification:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering, VLSI, Microelectronics, or a related field.
• 12-18+ years of relevant experience in RTL Design, SoC/IP development, and engineering/delivery management.
• Experience in the Semiconductor/VLSI domain is preferred.
• Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad / Pune, as applicable.

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