Palo Alto Sr Director ASIC Engineering 

United States, California 

573844457

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

• The Director of ASIC/FPGA will lead a team of ASIC and FPGA engineers and own the development activity of Palo Alto Networks ASIC and FPGAs

• The responsibilities include leading a world class ASIC/FPGA team, and driving a state of the art ASIC/FPGA methodology to enable solid execution of the digital ASIC and FPGAs

• The Director will interface with peers in System Architecture, Hardware, Software and Operations to ensure that Palo Alto Networks will execute and deliver highly differentiated systems that are market winners

Your Experience

• Networking, cradle to grave of multiple ASIC/FPGA developments, vendor management

• A motivated self-starter, team builder and an inspiring and effective leader

• Strong communication skills and ability to interface with cross-functional teams

• Recent experience in networking or network security chip developments

• Prior experiences in digital ASIC development from specification, design, tape-out to characterization and production

• Strong organizational skill to help with project management of complex ASICs and FPGAs

• Drive tools, Intellectual Property (IP) and vendor evaluation and selection

• Prior experience with vendor management for networking IP and backend

• Technical expertise on the entire ASIC design flow—architecture, logic design, RTL coding, verification, FPGA validation, synthesis, DFT, timing closure and physical backend leading to tape-out

• Education/Training - BSEE/MSEE required, 10+ year industrial experience

• Minimum of 10 years ASIC design/verification and 5 years of ASIC management experience required, including 2nd level management experience

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $250000 - $345500 YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.