Director, Design Engineering – Data Center Solutions (DCS)

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you. Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await! Job Description: Job Description: Microchip's Data Center Solutions (DCS) Business Unit delivers industry-leading performance, reliability, and security across a broad portfolio of storage and connectivity solutions, including Storage Controllers, PCIe Switches, NVMe Controllers, Retimers, and Compute Express Link (CXL) products. We are seeking an experienced and visionary Director of Design Engineering to lead our Design and Verification organization in Bangalore, India. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for driving the architecture, design, and verification of advanced silicon solutions while fostering the growth and development of a high-performing engineering team. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in high-speed connectivity technologies with proven leadership experience managing global engineering teams and delivering complex ASIC/SoC products from concept through production. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage multidisciplinary Design and Verification teams responsible for advanced silicon products, including PCIe Switches, Retimers, CXL Controllers, SAS Controllers, and Enterprise Flash Storage solutions. Drive technical strategy, architecture, design execution, and product innovations to support next-generation data center and AI infrastructure solutions. Collaborate effectively across global engineering organizations to achieve aggressive time-to-market (TTM) objectives.