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Vertical Head
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Job Summary

The Vice President, Silicon Front-End Engineering Competency Unit (CU), is responsible for leading and scaling the organization's Silicon Front-End Engineering Competency Unit, encompassing Architecture, Design, and Pre-Silicon Verification. The role carries end-to-end accountability for functional delivery excellence, competency development, organizational growth, talent leadership, customer satisfaction, and business expansion across semiconductor programs serving multiple industry verticals including High-Performance Computing (HPC), Data Centers/AI, Automotive and Functional Safety, Telecommunications, Industrial, Life Sciences, AI/ML, Consumer Electronics, and MCU-based platforms.

The Vice President will partner closely with Vertical Delivery Heads, Account Teams, Program Leadership, Sales, Solutions/Practice team jeads, and other Silicon Competency Unit leaders to ensure predictable, high-quality delivery of semiconductor programs while continuously strengthening organizational capabilities and engineering excellence.

Beyond delivery leadership, the role is responsible for building a world-class Front-End Engineering Competency Unit capable of supporting current and future business demands through scalable talent development, technology investments, reusable engineering assets, leadership cultivation, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Competency Unit Leadership & Strategy

  • Define and execute the strategic vision, growth roadmap, and operational framework for the Silicon Front-End Engineering Competency Unit.
  • Establish the CU as a center of excellence for Architecture, RTL Design, and Pre-Silicon Verification.
  • Align competency investments with emerging semiconductor technologies, market trends, customer requirements, and business growth objectives.
  • Drive organizational scalability to support expanding customer programs across multiple verticals and geographies.
  • Develop and sustain a high-performance engineering culture focused on innovation, accountability, technical excellence, and customer success.

Functional Delivery Excellence

  • Own end-to-end functional delivery for Architecture, Design, and Pre-Silicon Verification engagements across all semiconductor programs.
  • Ensure First-Time-Right execution, predictable delivery, and adherence to committed schedules, quality targets, and customer expectations.
  • Establish and institutionalize engineering best practices, design reviews, verification sign-off methodologies, quality frameworks, and delivery governance mechanisms.
  • Drive execution excellence through proactive risk management, issue resolution, and escalation prevention.
  • Partner with Vertical Delivery Heads to ensure seamless execution of customer programs across various business sectors and technology domains.
  • Ensure delivery commitments are consistently achieved with high quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.

Capability & Competency Development

  • Build and continuously strengthen organizational competencies in:
    • SoC Architecture and Microarchitecture
    • RTL Design and Integration
    • Functional Verification
    • UVM-Based Verification
    • Formal Verification
    • Safety-Critical and Automotive Verification
    • HPC and Data Center SoCs
    • AI/ML Accelerators
    • Embedded and MCU-Based Platforms
  • Establish competency development roadmaps, certification programs, technical academies, and knowledge management systems.
  • Develop reusable IP, frameworks, accelerators, methodologies, and best practices to improve delivery efficiency and quality.
  • Maintain technology leadership through continuous investment in emerging front-end design and verification technologies.

Skill Requirements

Talent Management & Leadership Development

  • Build, mentor, and scale high-performing engineering teams aligned with business growth objectives.
  • Develop a strong leadership pipeline through succession planning and structured leadership development initiatives.
  • Drive employee engagement, career progression, retention, and workforce stability.
  • Ensure optimal competency mix, resource readiness, and deployment effectiveness across customer engagements.
  • Lead initiatives to improve workforce capability, productivity, and organizational effectiveness while minimizing attrition.

Customer Success & Stakeholder Management

  • Act as the executive owner for customer success within the Front-End Engineering domain.
  • Build trusted relationships with customer engineering leaders, program managers, architects, and executive stakeholders.
  • Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction through superior delivery execution and proactive engagement.
  • Drive rapid resolution of issues and prevent customer escalations through robust governance and communication frameworks.
  • Participate in executive business reviews and strategic customer engagements.

Business Growth & Proposal Leadership in Front-end of silicon development.

  • Provide technical and delivery leadership for strategic pursuits and large transformation opportunities.
  • Lead and govern responses to:
    • RFPs (Request for Proposal)
    • RFQs (Request for Quotation)
    • RFIs (Request for Information)
  • Collaborate with sales, delivery, and solution teams to develop competitive, scalable, and differentiated solutions.
  • Support business growth through competency-led market positioning, solution innovation, and customer expansion initiatives.
  • Contribute to revenue growth, profitability improvement, and strategic account development.

Cross-Competency Collaboration

  • Work closely with leaders of other Silicon Competency Units including:
    • Physical Design
    • DFT
    • Silicon Validation
    • Firmware
    • Embedded Systems
    • Packaging
    • System Engineering
  • Manage interdependencies across engineering functions to ensure integrated and successful program execution.
  • Drive collaboration, resource optimization, and operational alignment across Competency Units and Delivery Organizations.

Other Requirements

Executive Mission Statement

Lead and scale a world-class Silicon Front-End Engineering Competency Unit that delivers predictable, first-time-right execution across Architecture, Design, and Pre-Silicon Verification while building future-ready competencies, developing exceptional engineering leaders, achieving superior customer satisfaction, and enabling sustained business growth through engineering excellence and innovation.
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Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion. 

 

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.