Product Line Director, Frontend RCA & Coverage

The role

The Product Line Director owns the digital front-end verification vertical from customer problem definition through R&D, demo, evaluation, and sale. You will manage two flagship product lines for RCA and Coverage.

What you will do

• Own the vertical from customer problem definition to purchase order.
• Validate value with customers by sitting with DV leads, verification engineers, and CAD teams.
• Define and drive the product roadmap.
• Set the quality bar for moving capabilities to dependable products.
• Shape positioning, pricing input, demo flows, and evaluation success criteria.
• Support Sales through evaluations and drive conversion.
• Set measurable targets per product line and track outcomes.
• Prioritize the backlog against revenue impact.
• Partner with R&D, AI/software engineering, and Sales.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in digital design verification, verification methodology, or EDA product roles.
• Deep familiarity with the front-end verification flow (testbench/UVM, simulation regressions, debug/triage, coverage closure, formal, lint/CDC, GLS).
• First-hand understanding of verification pain: regression failure triage at scale, root-cause analysis across block and system levels, coverage signoff on large SoCs.
• Strong existing network among DV and CAD leadership at semiconductor companies.
• Credibility in technical conversations with senior verification engineers.
• Track record of validating product value with customers and converting evaluations into revenue.
• Strong business judgment.
• Execution and program-management muscle.
• Excellent communication.

Nice to have

• Experience taking an early-stage capability to a production-quality product.
• Prior product management or product line management experience in EDA, semiconductor IP, or AI-for-engineering tools.
• Familiarity with formal verification and static checks (lint/CDC) as adjacent product surfaces.
• Experience defining eval criteria and success metrics for enterprise pilots.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• 401k
• Two engineering-centric offices with free parking
• Private gym
• Free lunch, drinks and snacks

About the company

ChipAgents is revolutionizing chip design and verification with agentic-AI workflows. The company partners with top-10 semiconductor companies, hyperscale cloud providers, and cutting-edge startups.