Role Purpose
The purpose of the role is to design, and architect VLSI and Hardware based products and enable delivery teams to provide exceptional client engagement and satisfaction.
Do
- Define product requirements, design and implement VLSI and HARDWARE Devices.
- Constant upgrade and updates of design tools, frameworks and understand the analysis of toolset chain for development of hardware products.
- Ability to analyse right components and hardware elements to choose for product engineering or development.
- Ability to conduct cost-benefit analysis and choose the best fit design.
- Knowledge on end to end flow of VLSI including design, DFT and Verification and Hardware product development from design, selection of materials, low level system software development and verification.
- Needs by displaying complete understanding of product vision and business requirements
- Develop architectural designs for the new and existing products
- Part Implementation of derived solution
- Debug and Solve critical problems during implementation
- Evangelize Architecture to the Project and Customer teams to achieve the final solution.
- Constant analysis and monitoring of the product solution
- Continuously improve and simplify the design, optimize cost and performance
- Understand market- driven business needs and objectives; technology trends and requirements to define architecture requirements and strategy
- Create a product-wide architectural design that ensures systems are scalable, reliable, and compatible with different deployment options
- Develop theme-based Proof of Concepts (POCs) in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the product idea and realise it as a viable one
- Analyse, propose and implement the core technology strategy for product development
- Conduct impact analyses of changes and new requirements on the product development effort
- Provide solutioning of RFP s received from clients and ensure overall product design assurance as per business needs
- Collaborate with sales, development, consulting teams to reconcile solutions to architecture
- Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, client requirements to set a product solution design framework/ architecture
- Provide technical leadership to the design, development and implementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of modern technology
- Define and understand current state product features and identify improvements, options & tradeoffs to define target state solutions
- Clearly articulate, document and sell architectural targets, recommendations and reusable patterns and accordingly propose investment roadmaps
- Validate the solution/ prototype from technology, cost structure and customer differentiation point of view
- Identify problem areas and perform root cause analysis of architectural design and solutions and provide relevant solutions to the problem
- Tracks industry and application trends and relates these to planning current and future IT needs
- Provides technical and strategic input during the product deployment and deployment
- Support Delivery team during the product deployment process and resolve complex issues
- Collaborate with delivery team to develop a product validation and performance testing plan as per the business requirements and specifications.
- Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts.
- Maintain product roadmap and provide timely inputs for product upgrades as per the market needs
- Competency Building and Branding
- Ensure completion of necessary trainings and certifications
- Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs), case studies, demos etc. for new growth areas based on market and customer research
- Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on product design and architect by writing white papers, blogs etc.
- Attain market referencsability and recognition through highest analyst rankings, client testimonials and partner credits
- Be the voice of Wipro’s Thought Leadership by speaking in forums (internal and external)
- Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects for their further career development and enhancement
- Contribute to the architecture practice by conducting selection interviews etc
Stakeholder Interaction
Stakeholder Type | Stakeholder Identification | Purpose of Interaction |
Internal | Delivery teams | Review of architectural process deployment in engagements, escalation management, issue resolution |
Pre-sales team | For solutioning and architectural design purpose | |
Holmes engineering and roll out | For automation purpose | |
Talent Transformation Team, Competency Group | Plan and support delivery of Technical Trainings, knowledge sharing | |
HRBP | For hiring and managing resources | |
| Finance | Revenue / budgets |
| Talent acquisition team | Recruitment |
External | Vendors/ Partners | For strategic alignment and partnerships, training |
Industry forums | Best practices, market intelligence, knowledge sharing |
Display
Lists the competencies required to perform this role effectively:
- Functional Competencies/ Skill
- Domain/Industry Knowledge – Awareness and knowledge of broad economic, demographic, technological and global trends within own ecosystem – Expert
- Market Intelligence – Deep specialized understanding of the ecosystem practice, overall market & competition and nuances of delivery in that domain – Master
- Systems Thinking – Understanding of the Wipro system (interrelatedness, interdependencies and boundaries) and perform problem solving in a complex environment - Expert
- Leveraging Technology – In-depth knowledge of and mastery over ecosystem technology that commands expert authority respect – Master
- Technical knowledge – Complete understanding of technology and infrastructure used for product creation and cyber risks involved, architectural designs and principles – Expert
- Conceptualize and Engineering of Products – software and software hardware integrated product development
- Problem Solving
Competency Levels | |
Foundation | Knowledgeable about the competency requirements. Demonstrates (in parts) frequently with minimal support and guidance. |
Competent | Consistently demonstrates the full range of the competency without guidance. Extends the competency to difficult and unknown situations as well. |
Expert | Applies the competency in all situations and is serves as a guide to others as well. |
Master | Coaches others and builds organizational capability in the competency area. Serves as a key resource for that competency and is recognised within the entire organization. |
- Behavioural Competencies
- Strategic perspective
- Technology Acumen
- Design Thinking
- Innovation
- Problem Solving approach
- Managing Complexity
- Client centricity
- Execution excellence
- Change agility
- Passion for results
Deliver
No. | Performance Parameter | Measure |
1. | Product design, engineering and implementation | CSAT, quality of design/ architecture, FTR, delivery as per cost, quality and timeline, POC review and standards |
2. | Capability development | % trainings and certifications completed, mentor technical teams, Thought leadership content developed (white papers, Wipro PoVs) |
Analog Circuit design