Job Summary
HCLTech Semiconductor Business Unit is seeking a highly accomplished Site Engineering Leader to establish and scale our semiconductor engineering presence in Mexico.
This leader will be responsible for building a high-performance engineering organization, developing strong relationships across the Mexico semiconductor ecosystem, driving customer engagement, and creating a talent acquisition engine capable of supporting rapid business growth across Southeast Asia.
This role requires a unique blend of semiconductor domain expertise, organizational leadership, market connectivity, customer-facing experience, and entrepreneurial mindset.
The individual will serve as the face of HCLTech Semiconductor in Mexico and play a critical role in establishing our Mexico center as a strategic engineering hub for ASEAN.
Key Responsibilities
Site Leadership & Organization Building
- Establish and scale HCLTech's semiconductor engineering delivery center in Mexico.
- Build and lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across:
- Silicon Design
- Verification
- Physical Design
- DFT
- Post-Silicon Validation
- Product Engineering
- Test Engineering
- Reliability & Failure Analysis
- Create an engaging engineering culture that attracts and retains top talent.
- Develop leadership succession plans and build a strong second line of managers.
Ecosystem Development & Enable Talent Acquisition
- Leverage industry network to attract senior engineering leaders and critical niche talent.
- Build relationships with semiconductor companies, industry associations, universities, and government agencies.
- Develop strategic partnerships with talent pipelines across Mexico cities.
- Act as a semiconductor ambassador for HCLTech within the Mexican ecosystem.
Customer Engagement & Business Growth
- Support sales and business development initiatives across ASEAN.
- Build trusted advisor relationships with semiconductor customers.
- Participate in executive customer meetings, capability presentations, and solution workshops.
- Help identify and convert opportunities into scalable engineering engagements.
Delivery & Operational Excellence
- Manage multiple customer programs simultaneously.
- Drive engineering execution, quality, delivery predictability, and customer satisfaction.
- Balance resource utilization, growth objectives, and customer commitments.
Strategic Leadership
- Develop multi-year growth strategies for Mexico operations by identifying emerging semiconductor trends and capability investment opportunities.
- Support creation of local labs, validation infrastructure, and customer-centric engineering offerings.
- Act as a key stakeholder in HCLTech's ASEAN semiconductor expansion strategy and represent HCLTech at industry forums, conferences, semiconductor consortiums.
Skill Requirements
Experience
- 15 to 20+ years of semiconductor industry experience.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
- Proven experience in one or more semiconductor domains:
- RTL Design
- Verification
- Physical Design
- DFT
- Product Engineering
- Test Development
- Post-Silicon Validation
- Reliability Engineering
Leadership Experience
- Managed engineering organizations of 50+ professionals.
- Demonstrated success building and scaling teams.
- Experience leading managers and senior technical leaders.
- Strong track record of talent development and organizational growth.
Critical Success Factors
The ideal candidate should possess:
Deep Mexican Market Knowledge
- Strong understanding of the Mexico semiconductor ecosystem.
- Familiarity with local hiring dynamics and talent availability.
- Awareness of compensation trends and competitive talent landscape.
Established Industry Network
- Well-connected with engineering leaders across Mexican semiconductor companies.
- Ability to attract senior talent through personal credibility and relationships.
- Strong professional network built over multiple years within the regional ecosystem.
Other Requirements
Customer Orientation
- Experience working directly with external customers.
- Comfortable engaging with engineering directors, VPs, and site leaders.
- Ability to translate customer challenges into engineering solutions.
Global Operating Model Experience
- Experience working within a geographically distributed organization.
- Ability to collaborate across Asia, Europe, and North America.
- Strong stakeholder management and matrix leadership skills.
Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Demonstrated ability to build something from the ground up.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity.
- Strong ownership, accountability, and execution focus.
Preferred Attributes
- Mexican national preferred.
- Existing residence in Mexican region or willingness to relocate.
- Experience supporting semiconductor services organizations or engineering services providers.
- Active participation in semiconductor industry bodies, university advisory boards, or talent development initiatives.
- Established relationships with universities such as USM and other semiconductor talent sources in Mexico.