Diodes

Director of Design Enablement

Diodes • $130K — $180K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Yesterday
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of hands-on semiconductor design enablement experience in CAD, EDA, PDK, and design automation
  • 10+ years of leadership experience managing global engineering teams
  • Proven track record in leading worldwide CAD or design enablement teams
  • Demonstrated success managing multi-million-dollar EDA budgets
  • Strong vendor and licensing management experience

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement the corporate Design Enablement strategy
  • Develop long-term roadmaps for CAD and EDA methodologies
  • Establish best-in-class design environments for various semiconductor technologies
  • Lead deployment and optimization of enterprise EDA environments
  • Oversee PDK development, ensuring successful enablement of new technologies
  • Drive automation solutions and adoption of AI/ML to enhance engineering productivity
  • Manage strategic EDA vendor relationships and licensing agreements
  • Lead and develop a high-performance global engineering organization

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape and lead a global Design Enablement organization
  • Collaborate with cutting-edge technologies and industry leaders
  • Opportunity for career growth with a focus on developing talent
  • Engagement with diverse teams across international boundaries
  • Involvement in transformative projects that impact semiconductor innovation
Full Job Description
About the Role

Director, Design Enablement
  • Location: Dallas TX (USA)
    Organization: Technology Development

We are seeking an experienced semiconductor leader to build and lead our global Design Enablement organization responsible for CAD infrastructure and design support, EDA methodologies, Process Design Kit (PDK) and design automation, licensing management, and engineering productivity initiatives. This role will provide strategic and technical leadership across all phases of design enablement, from technology onboarding through production tape-out support. The position will lead worldwide teams supporting analog, mixed-signal, power, BCD, high-voltage, and emerging semiconductor technologies. The role combines deep hands-on expertise, organizational leadership, vendor management, and business acumen.

This individual will drive roadmap development for CAD, EDA, smart design methodologies, and PDK automation while optimizing engineering productivity.

What You'll Do

Design Enablement Strategy & Leadership
  • Define and execute the corporate Design Enablement strategy across global engineering organizations.
  • Develop long-term roadmaps for CAD, EDA methodologies, PDK automation, design infrastructure, and AI-driven engineering productivity.
  • Establish best-in-class design environments supporting analog, mixed-signal, power, BCD, HV, and advanced process technologies.
  • Partner with Design, Technology Development, and IT organizations to align infrastructure investments with business objectives.

EDA Methodology & CAD Infrastructure
  • Lead deployment, qualification, support, and optimization of enterprise EDA environments.
  • Define and maintain design flows
  • Own compute infrastructure and license servers/deployment frameworks
  • Drive standardization of design methodologies across all sites and business units.

PDK Development & Automation
  • Lead development, customization, qualification, and maintenance of internal and foundry PDKs.
  • Build automated frameworks and ensure successful enablement of new process technologies and foundry platforms.
  • Collaborate closely with process teams and foundry partners.

Design Automation & AI
  • Lead development of automation solutions.
  • Drive adoption of AI/ML and Generative AI technologies to improve engineering productivity and design quality.
  • Develop data analytics and workflow automation platforms for engineering organizations.
  • Create continuous integration and validation frameworks for design enablement.

EDA-Vendor & Licensing Management
  • Own strategic relationships with EDA vendors including Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens EDA, Ansys, and other ecosystem partners.
  • Negotiate enterprise-wide licensing and technical support agreements/contracts
  • Manage annual EDA budgets and software investments.
  • Drive license optimization and utilization initiatives to maximize ROI.
  • Serve as executive interface for vendor escalations and technology roadmap alignment.

Global Team Leadership
  • Lead a worldwide team of CAD, EDA, PDK, and automation engineers.
  • Build a high-performance engineering organization across multiple regions.
  • Develop technical talent, career paths, and succession plans.
  • Manage internal resources, offshore teams, contractors, and consulting partners.
  • Establish metrics and KPIs to measure support effectiveness, design productivity, and infrastructure utilization.


Who You Are

  • 15+ years of hands-on semiconductor design enablement experiences in CAD, EDA, PDK, and design automation
  • 10+ years of leadership experience managing global engineering organizations
  • Proven track record leading worldwide CAD, methodology, infrastructure, or design enablement teams.
  • Demonstrated success managing multi-million-dollar EDA budgets and licensing agreements.


Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a recognized semiconductor design enablement leader who combines deep technical expertise in CAD, EDA, PDK development, and automation with strong business leadership skills. They will have successfully built and managed global organizations, negotiated complex EDA licensing agreements, and delivered productivity improvements through automation, infrastructure modernization, and methodology innovation. They are equally comfortable working with executive leadership, foundry partners, EDA vendors, and hands-on engineering teams to accelerate innovation and enable future semiconductor technology platforms.

Core Competencies
  • Required: Fluent in English (written and spoken)
  • Mandarin a plus, but not required

About Diodes

Diodes Incorporated is an American manufacturer and supplier of discrete, logic, analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. Its headquarters is located in Plano, Texas, United States. The company's products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, single gate logic, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect and temperature sensors; power management devices, including LED drivers, AC-DC converters and controllers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage references along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, and motor controllers. The company's target markets include automotive, communications, computing, consumer electronics, and industrial.
Learn more about Diodes
Size
8,921 employees
Market Cap
$3.4 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$98 million
Founded
1959
5 Year Trend
+13.9%
Revenue
$1.2 billion
NASDAQ
DIOD
* Ladders Estimates

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