Processor Design Manager Core Units

As a Hardware Developer at IBM, you'll get to work on the systems that are driving the quantum revolution and the AI era. Join an elite team of engineering professionals who enable IBM customers to make better decisions quicker on the most trusted hardware platform in today's market. Your Role and Responsibilities

Lead and manage Processor logic design teams within one or more areas of functional logic design of the CPU

Manage the team, take active part in defining CPU microarchitectural features and drive their implementation and conduct design reviews to ensure key factors such as performance, power, area and cost are meeting requirements

Work continuously to improve processes related to design development and architecture definition across all areas of Processor core

Oversee and review design backlogs, verification regression results, data analysis, issue tracking, root cause analysis and drive corrective actions during implementation towards design closure

Responsible for enabling teams to execute through clear goal setting, facilitating work, maintaining accountability, applying differentiated performance management and driving team results.

Drive results by inspiring people, developing the capabilities of others, resolve conflicts and ensure a productive work environment.

Provide daily technical guidance to the team to implement designs in RTL and execute design flow to tape out designs to meet schedules.

Manage the design team in cross functional meetings, prepare team status, manage hiring

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

10+ years of collective technical and managerial creative experience in Semiconductor industry

3+ years as a leader / manager of people

Understanding and experience in management of at least 1 generation of Processor/ASIC/SOC/IP project development life cycle (Hands-on Logic Design or Functional Verification or Physical design experience required)

Demonstrated experience in project planning- sizing, staffing, risk forecast & mitigation

Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills is a must

Experienced in stakeholder management across geographies

Adopted and practised Agile, DevOps, and Design Thinking methodologies at work

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Understanding of computer architecture, including processor core design specifications

Knowledge of Pipeline architecture

Knowledge of high frequency designs

Knowledge of verification principles and coverage.