CPU Design Manager and Site Lead

Job Title

CPU Design Manager and Site Lead

Role Summary

Lead and expand a multidisciplinary CPU design organization in Bangalore, responsible for pre-silicon validation, structural design, design automation, DFT, and related disciplines. Serve as the Bangalore site lead, building organizational capability, driving execution, and partnering with global teams to deliver high-performance CPU products.

This is a senior engineering leadership role focused on technical delivery, team growth, and cross-site collaboration.

Experience Level

Senior — 12+ years of semiconductor industry experience with 7+ years of direct engineering management.

Responsibilities

Core responsibilities include technical leadership, people management, and program delivery.

• Lead day-to-day execution of complex, high-performance CPU design and development efforts.
• Manage and grow a multidisciplinary engineering organization across verification, RTL, structural design, DA, DFT, and related functions.
• Develop hiring, capability-building, and succession strategies to support roadmap growth and long-term scaling.
• Ensure predictable delivery of quality designs that meet performance, power, area, schedule, and cost targets.
• Partner with architecture, RTL, verification, physical design, post-silicon validation, and product engineering teams to meet program goals.
• Participate in CPU roadmap and resource planning; identify and mitigate technical and organizational risks.
• Remove execution barriers and drive continuous process and engineering improvements.
• Build cross-geography partnerships and represent the Bangalore site in global leadership forums.
• Coach and develop engineering leaders and technical contributors to strengthen succession pipelines.
• Drive data-driven operational excellence and engineering best practices.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred technical and leadership qualifications.

• Must-have: 12+ years of semiconductor industry experience with significant hands-on exposure to silicon design principles, methodologies, and development flows.
• Must-have: 7+ years of direct engineering management experience and a demonstrated track record of scaling organizations of 50–100+ engineers across multiple functional domains.
• Must-have: Proven delivery of multiple SoC and/or IP programs from architecture through tapeout and high-volume production ramp on leading-edge process technologies.
• Must-have: Strong organizational leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills; experience driving execution across complex, cross-functional engineering organizations.
• Nice-to-have: Extensive physical design experience for high-performance/high-speed silicon and deep familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools and vendor ecosystems.
• Nice-to-have: CPU microarchitecture knowledge and hands-on CPU design experience.
• Nice-to-have: 3–5 years leading geographically distributed engineering hubs and experience building and scaling new site capabilities while maintaining engineering culture.
• Role requires consent to and successful completion of an extended background investigation as a Position of Trust.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (as stated in the posting).

About the Company

Company: Intel Corporation

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA

Intel Corporation is a leading multinational technology company known for its innovative semiconductor solutions, including microprocessors, artificial intelligence accelerators, and memory products. Headquartered in the United States, Intel focuses on cutting-edge technology and a collaborative working environment, driving advancements in semiconductor manufacturing to meet global demands. The company emphasizes professional development and aims to shape the future of technology through groundbreaking designs.