Director - Product Engineering - Mentor Graphics - Wilsonville

Job description
Company: Mentor Graphics Job Title: Director - Product Engineering Job Location: US - OR - Wilsonville Job Category: R&D/Software Engineering

Mentor Graphics Corporation (MENT) is a global technology leader in EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software. Our software tools enable companies around the world to develop new and highly innovative electronic products faster and more cost-effectively. Our customers use our tools to push the boundaries of technology and physics in order to deliver better products in the increasingly complex world of chip, board and system design.

Position Overview
Reporting to the VP/General Manager of our Design to Silicon (D2S) product division, the Director - Product Engineering will be a key member of the senior management team for the Calibre suite of EDA tools. This individual will manage multiple Quality Assurance and Build/Release Teams located at Mentor Graphics R&D centers around the world.

Responsibilities will focus on three main areas:
1)Manage the divisional Quality Assurance Teams
*Drive an objective feedback process on critical product quality metrics.
*Define and manage cross product flow testing.
*Drive the continued development of test case automation and change management.
*Coordinate internationally distributed organization.
*Ensure the continued reputation of Calibre as the highest quality tool in the EDA industry

2)Manage the Build and Release Team
*Drive continued development and deployment of "always ported, always working" build system.
*Maintain oversight and management of over 8500 core high performance compute center
*Manage Hardware evaluations to track new processor technologies and develop customer facing recommendations
*Manage interfaces to corporate release team, legal, customer support, facilities and IT as single integration point for division.

3)Participate as a divisional staff member
*Manage internal operational issues and their coordination with the General Manager and the position's peers - Directors of Product Marketing, Customer Service, and Product Development Engineering. Examples include:
*Researching division-wide issues and helping to drive agreements on how the issues are framed and how the success of the solutions are measured.
*Measuring improvements in managing release contents, driving and following up on post-mortem commitments, removing barriers to hardware access and automated testing to the larger Calibre community, coordinating with IT on clustered server management, promoting project management improvements, and driving test driven design initiatives.
*Overseeing and reviewing the effectiveness of the annual focal review process, local office space assignments, product team reviews, project management initiatives, release coordination prioritization conflicts, and cross team interdependency management. issues and remove roadblocks

Job Qualifications
The successful candidate will possess the following combination of education and experience:
*BS Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field. MS Degree is preferred.
*12+ years of experience managing engineering and/or product engineering teams with proven leadership and hands on management skills
*8+ years of experience managing large distributed software development projects
*Must provide demonstrable business orientation and awareness within a large corporation
*Must have demonstrated success in effectively managing within a highly matrixed environment as part of a global organization in a fast paced team environment
*Ability to engage in a leadership role with customers and internal stakeholders to promote the deployment of new technology, processes, and systems solutions
*Proven track record of delivering projects on time with high quality
*In-depth knowledge of quality assurance practices
*Must be able to travel domestically and internationally as needed (up to 50% travel at times).
*Excellent English communication skills; both verbal and written

Mentor Benefits
Mentor Graphics believes in fostering a work environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance. Our world class benefits package includes up to 32 days of vacation/holidays per year, 401k matching, Stock purchase plan, annual performance reviews/bonuses, education reimbursement, partially paid Medical/Dental/Vision insurance, Life, Short/Long Term Disability and much more. Our Wilsonville site also has an onsite, 24/7 workout facility, full service cafeteria, day care center, basketball courts, sand volleyball, and daily exercise classes.

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