Hi All, Greetings from HCL Tech. We are Hiring: DFT Practice Director

Location:
Bengaluru. Job Summary Lead and scale the organization's Design-for-Test (DFT/DFx) competency across all semiconductor engagements, including SoC Turnkey Programs, Managed Services, Outcome-Based Projects, and T&M; engagements. The role owns the overall DFT capability strategy, technical roadmap, resource pyramid, competency development, delivery excellence, customer confidence, and business growth while ensuring the organization remains competitive in advanced-node and next-generation semiconductor technologies 1. Capability Strategy & Organizational Leadership
· Define the long-term DFT/DFx capability vision aligned with business growth objectives.
· Build and manage a world-class DFT organization across geographies.
· Develop competency roadmaps covering:
· Scan
· ATPG
· MBIST
· LBIST
· IJTAG
· SSN
· Functional Safety
· DFX Validation
· Silicon Debug
· Yield Enhancement
· Advanced Packaging Test
· Chiplet Test Methodologies
· Establish Centers of Excellence (CoE) for emerging technologies.
· Drive annual capability investment plans. 2. Turnkey Program Governance Serve as the DFT executive owner across multiple turnkey programs. Responsibilities
· Participate in program qualification reviews.
· Support effort estimation and technical due diligence.
· Review DFT architecture and execution strategies.
· Govern delivery health across programs.
· Intervene in critical technical escalations.
· Drive milestone and sign-off reviews.
· Track delivery metrics across all turnkey programs. Accountable For
· Tapeout success
· DFT quality
· Coverage achievement
· Program predictability
· Customer satisfaction 3. Technical Authority and Solution Leadership
· Act as the highest technical escalation point for DFT.
· Review complex SoC DFT architectures.




· Define reusable methodologies and best practices.
· Approve enterprise-wide DFT signoff guidelines.
· Drive adoption of current DFT technologies.
· Evaluate emerging EDA tools and methodologies.

Key Responsibilities
Typical Areas
· Advanced Scan Architectures
· Test Compression
· LBIST
· Safety Diagnostics
· Automotive DFT
· Chiplet Testing
· Heterogeneous Integration
· Silicon Lifecycle Management 4. Business Growth & Pre-Sales Partner with sales, account, and practice leadership teams. Responsibilities
· Participate in customer workshops and executive discussions.
· Support RFI/RFP responses.
· Create DFT service offerings.
· Build differentiated DFT value propositions.
· Develop turnkey execution models. Ownership
· DFT revenue growth
· New logo opportunities
· Capability-led opportunities
· Account mining initiatives
· Managed services expansion 5. Workforce & Resource Management Own competency health across all engagements. Responsibilities
· Workforce planning.
· Demand forecasting.
· Bench management.
· Leadership pipeline creation.
· Skill inventory management.
· Strategic hiring. Typical Talent Categories
· Architects
· SMEs
· Technical Leads
· Senior Engineers
· Freshers
· Contractors Success Measures
· Billability
· Utilization
· Pyramid health
· Lead-to-engineer ratio
· Fulfillment efficiency 6. Competency Development & Training Drive continuous skill development. Establish Learning Programs For
· DFT Fundamentals
· Advanced ATPG




· MBIST Architecture
· Functional Safety
· Automotive DFT
· IJTAG
· Silicon Debug
· DFX Verification
· Post Silicon Validation Section Title: Skill Requirements Skill Requirements Leadership Expectations
· Develop future architects.
· Create certification frameworks.
· Establish mentoring programs.
· Drive technical communities and guilds. 7. Delivery Excellence & Quality Define and institutionalize DFT delivery standards. Create Frameworks For
· DFT Design Reviews
· DFT Architecture Reviews
· Signoff Checklists
· Metrics Dashboards
· Quality Gates
· Audit Mechanisms Drive
· Reuse frameworks
· Automation
· Productivity improvements
· Coverage closure methodologies
· Root cause analysis 8. Customer & Executive Stakeholder Management Interface directly with: External
· Customer VP Engineering
· Design Directors
· SoC Architects
· Test Engineering Teams Internal
· Practice Heads
· Delivery Heads
· Program Directors
· Capability Leaders
· Sales Leaders Act as the face of the DFT organization for strategic accounts. 9. Innovation & Differentiation Drive strategic investments in:
· AI-assisted DFT flows
· DFT automation
· Coverage analytics
· Silicon diagnosis automation
· Test cost optimization
· Digital engineering accelerators Build reusable IPs and frameworks that improve project productivity and margins. P&L; and Business Accountability The Capability Head should typically be responsible for:
· Competency Revenue
· Utilization
· Gross Margin Improvement
· Fulfillment Metrics
· Hiring Targets
· Training ROI
· Customer Satisfaction
· Delivery Quality
· Attrition Control
· Leadership Development Interested Engineers ping me or send invitation to connect further. Email id: [email protected] Mobile: +91 (phone hidden).

📌 Practice Director (Bengaluru)
🏢 HCLTech
📍 Bengaluru