# Senior Director R&D Engineering (Interface PHY / Ethernet SerDes)

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Ottawa, Ontario
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $184000-$276000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

You will lead the team building 112G and 224G Ethernet SerDes IP that powers AI infrastructure and hyperscale data centers.

### Job Description

As a Senior Director R&D Engineering (Interface PHY / Ethernet SerDes) at Synopsys, you will lead an R&D organization developing 112G/224G Ethernet SerDes and Interface PHY IP for AI/HPC, networking, and data center markets.

### Key Responsibilities:

- Lead an R&D organization developing 112G/224G Ethernet SerDes and Interface PHY IP for AI/HPC, networking, and data center markets

- Own execution planning, staffing, and delivery commitments across multiple concurrent programs and customer milestones

- Drive technical alignment across architecture, analog, digital, verification, firmware, and customer support teams

- Partner with product and program management to translate roadmap priorities into executable engineering plans

- Define processes for milestone reviews, risk management, and decision-making that keep programs moving

- Lead resolution of customer-critical issues from triage through root-cause analysis and corrective action

- Develop engineering talent through coaching, performance management, hiring, and succession planning

### The Impact You Will Have:

- Deliver production-quality Ethernet SerDes IP that enables customers to meet performance and time-to-market goals

- Build execution discipline that consistently meets delivery commitments without burning out the team

- Establish quality practices that reduce post-release issues and customer escalations

- Develop future technical and managerial leaders through structured coaching

- Drive methodology improvements and automation that measurably improve productivity

- Shape the technical direction of next-generation SerDes platforms

### Requirements:

- BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

- 15+ years of semiconductor development experience with progression into engineering leadership

- Proven experience leading engineering teams with significant schedule, quality, and customer impact

- Strong understanding of SerDes PHY digital development flows including architecture, RTL, verification, firmware, integration, and release

- Experience with Ethernet, PCIe/CXL, or other high-speed protocols; Ethernet SerDes experience strongly preferred

- Track record managing execution across distributed teams and multiple stakeholders

### Benefits:

- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans

- Time away programs

- Family support programs

- ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

- Retirement plans

- Competitive salaries

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- SerDes PHY
- Ethernet
- PCIe/CXL
- RTL
- verification
- firmware
- integration

### Nice to have
- Ethernet SerDes

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