Technical Director, Digital Design Methodology & Flow Architecture
Apply on Nxp’s site →Role Overview The Technical Director, Digital Design Methodology & Flow Architecture will define and deploy a repeatable, traceable, and customizable end-to-end digital design flow for advanced process technologies. The role combines RTL-to-GDS implementation expertise, static verification, PPA optimization, AI tool enablement, and hands-on agentic flow development. Key Responsibilities Architect a modular RTL-to-GDS flow supporting synthesis, place and route, timing/power closure, static verification, signoff, and GDS delivery. Enable agentic execution, AI-assisted debugging, design-space exploration, and automated analysis loops for EDA workflows. Establish repeatable and traceable flow practices, including standard recipes, configuration baselines, metrics, dashboards, audit trails, regression checks, and release management. Deploy flows for new process technologies in partnership with design, CAD/methodology, foundry, and EDA vendor teams. Improve productivity, turnaround time, quality-of-results, and PPA through automation, methodology tuning, and scalable reuse. Education and Experience Level Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field required; M.S. or Ph.D. preferred. Level: Director of Technology-level technical leader of digital design, CAD/methodology, EDA implementation, or flow architecture experience. Scope: Proven ability to set technical direction, influence senior stakeholders, and lead cross-functional flow transformation across functional domains or technology nodes.