Analog Design Manager

Project

Work done for a product or program.

• Plan staffing, schedule and tape-out milestones for analog blocks.
• Review architecture and circuit decisions at design reviews.
• Balance workload across design, layout, verification and characterisation.
• Escalate risks and resource gaps to the director.
• Align with product marketing and system architects on requirements.
• Drive post-silicon issue closure and lessons learned.

Function

Work that keeps the discipline running: methods, tools, suppliers and people.

• Hire, coach and retain scarce analog designers.

Project

1. Produce and hand over the role's key deliverables
   • Block-level design plan
   • Tape-out readiness review
   • Staffing and hiring plan
   • Post-silicon lessons-learned report
2. Support programsGeneral
   • Agree what each program needs
   • Deliver in time for milestones
3. Manage issuesGeneral
   • Track requests to closure
   • Escalate risks

Function

1. Run the functionGeneral
   • Maintain policies and processes
   • Keep records and controls
2. ImproveGeneral
   • Report performance
   • Lead improvement work