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Gowtham Pandillapalli

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in building leadership-ready engineering teams.
  • Proven track record in global talent acquisition.
  • Certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001 and 13485.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in semiconductor talent acquisition and workforce planning.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStrategic Workforce PlanningWorkforce StrategyBusiness DevelopmentVlsi TechnologyHuman ResourcesTalent ManagementRecruitmentStaffing

Other Skills

RecruitingManagementMarket IntelligenceCost OptimizationRisk MitigationNiche Semiconductor HiringTalent GovernanceBusiness OperationsVLSI DesignEngineering ManagementHR ManagementTalent DevelopmentRecruitment ProcessSelectionTeam Management

About

I lead Global Talent Acquisition for the VLSI Business Unit at Mobiveil Technologies, supporting the company’s mission to deliver high-performance silicon IP and platforms for next-generation products. Responsible for building and scaling mission-critical engineering teams across India, USA, Germany, Vietnam, and Israel, directly enabling product delivery, customer programs, and long-term growth. My role operates at the intersection of business strategy, engineering excellence, and governance. I partner closely with executive leadership, BU heads, and technical architects to translate business roadmaps into workforce strategy, ensuring: Right talent, at the right time, in the right geography Predictable hiring outcomes for customer commitments Strong candidate experience aligned with employer brand Beyond hiring execution, I focus on creating repeatable, compliant, and scalable talent systems. My areas of strength include: Strategic workforce planning & niche semiconductor hiring Leadership and anchor-hire strategy for new programs Talent governance, HR operations & pre-sales enablement Market intelligence, cost optimization & risk mitigation I bring an added layer of process and quality rigor as a Certified Internal Auditor for: ISO 9001 – Quality Management Systems ISO 13485 – Medical Devices Quality Management Systems This enables alignment of people, process, and compliance, supporting audit readiness, customer confidence, and operational excellence—critical for global customers and regulated environments. I actively leverage a strong industry ecosystem with 28,000+ LinkedIn connections, 10,000+ job-board followers, and deep partnerships across semiconductor leaders, customers, and startups. My focus is simple: build leadership-ready engineering teams, reduce talent risk, and enable sustainable scale. Open to strategic conversations around VLSI growth, global hiring strategy, and building resilient talent organizations.

Experience

Mobiveil technologies (india)

Director - Global Talent Acquisition (VLSI Business Unit)

Sep 2021Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Mobiveil’s core objective is providing top-notch innovation by developing the highest performance risk-free, easy to integrate silicon proven IP and platforms for customers developing next generation products and applications. Mobiveil continuously participates with and contributes to the major leading standard organization including CXL, PCI-SIG, NVM Express and Rapid IO Trade Association (RTA). By collaborating with Industry leaders, Mobiveil helps define the next generation interface standards.
  • Mobiveil’s High Speed Serial Interconnect family of IP solutions includes CXL 2.0/1.1, PCI Express Gen5 to Gen1, Serial RapidIO Gen4 to Gen1, NVM Express 1.4, DDR4/3, LPDDR5/4, NAND Flash Controllers, LDPC Error Correction, PCI Express Bridge and Switch solutions. Mobiveil IP offers the most feature-rich, power-efficient, highly interoperable, and silicon-proven solutions for ASIC.FPGA designers with the optimum balance between power and performance.
  • Mobiveil’s Engineering Services group provides Engineering Solutions augmenting our IP deliverables in high-speed interconnect and Flash Storage with FPGA/ASIC, Embedded Software and Hardware, SI / PI capabilities. Mobiveil’s highly skilled engineering services team provides the experience to customers that shorten design times and achieve right first-time design success.
  • Mobiveil has received several awards and accolades over the years.
  • 2012 – Fastest growing private companies (Silicon India and Mentor Graphics)
  • 2018 – Fastest growing private companies in America (Inc 5000 List)
  • 2018 – Silicon Valley “Fast 50” (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
  • 2020- Most promising Semiconductor Technology Services Company (CIO Magazine)
  • Patents- Mobiveil has 4 Patents in Flash storage and Reliability.
RecruitingBusiness DevelopmentManagementHuman ResourcesTalent ManagementMarket Intelligence+4

Excelmax technologies

Director - TAG & Business Operations

Aug 2019Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

  • Excelmax is founded by experts in the field of VLSI backed with a vast experience of 20 odd years.
  • Having pioneered in the various cutting edge technologies ranging from mobile to cloud servers, Excelmax is recognized as one of India’s fastest growing technology companies. Excelmax handles technologies on various verticals such as firmware, software, embedded and hardware - ASIC Design, Verification, Physical Design, DFT, Circuit Design & Layout, FPGA, and Emulation. Established with an idea of delivering excellence and innovation to the field of semiconductor and VLSI design by maximizing the engineering and design talent.
  • Founded in 2019, Excelmax is headquartered at Bengaluru, India and also has its registered office at Hyderabad, India.
Business OperationsVLSI DesignEngineering ManagementBusiness DevelopmentVLSI Technology

First pass semiconductors pvt ltd

Deputy Manager - HRD

Jan 2017Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • First Pass Semiconductors is an industry pioneer in engineering services and is a preferred partner to top tier Semiconductor companies in India. It enabled it’s customers to build their next generation product lines in the industry. First Pass is built around technical excellence and industry proven senior management.
  • First Pass Semiconductors, Founded in 2010, heading from Hyderabad, India. with operations in Hyderabad & Bangalore. First Pass Semiconductors has over 120+ employees with diverse skill set distributed around the localities and growing rapidly it’s team has cumulatively worked on more than 90+ ASIC tape outs, ranging from 0.13um to 7nm process nodes in TSMC, UMC, Chartered and IBM Foundries.
  • First Pass Semiconductors assists it's clients in developing their next generation leading product lines (mobile devices, consumer products, networking, storage, processor, Multimedia); This includes developing cutting edge technologies in the industry.
  • First Pass Semiconductors Private Limited
  • "commitment to customer success"
HR ManagementRecruitmentTalent DevelopmentHuman ResourcesTalent Management

Sevitech systems pvt. ltd.

Sr. Talent Acquisition & Business Development Executive

Oct 2013Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Responsible for complete SeviTech management from Recruitment to Business Development
  • Sourcing CV’s to directors based on JD given by them through job boards and Vendors
  • Conduction first round of telephonic and understanding the candidate seriousness and technical data
  • Closing the positions based on HR interview and salary negotiations
  • Conducting background verification and reference check for shortlisted candidates
  • Getting approval for the “To be offered CTC” from the management
  • Generate and release offer
  • Continuous follow-up with yet to join candidates
  • Responsible for joining formalities, maintaining employee personal folders
  • Responsible for managing the resume data base
  • Providing monthly and quarterly reports on the recruitment status to the Directors
  • Maintain weekly tracker, offer and joining tracker with regular follow up details
  • Maintain good relationship with rejected and not interested candidates
  • Checking and updating the file folders
  • Maintaining database in cloud for effective sharing and downloading
  • Accounting vouchers & preparing expense sheet
  • Sending weekly updates to directors on Bench history and employee placement data
Talent AcquisitionBusiness DevelopmentRecruitment ProcessRecruitmentTalent Management

Nrgy group (semicon consulting start up)

Staffing Specialist

Sep 2012Oct 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Responsible for end-to-end recruitment & selection of entry, middle and senior level positions.
  • Liaising with hiring managers on hiring projection, planning and requirements gathering
  • Sourcing resumes through various sources like Job Portals, Head Hunting, Social Networking (LinkedIn) and Employee Referral.
  • Screening profiles & assessing candidate’s skills through preliminary telephonic interview and gathering all the required details for initial screening. Checking on competency and suitability for the position being hired for.
  • Drive weekly recruitment meeting with all stakeholders.
  • Worked with EDA companies, Product Companies and with Services companies on all critical requirements.
  • Experience on working on US requirements and searching for new companies as a part of Business Development.
  • Maintaining resume database
  • Maintaining Pipelines
  • Establishing plan for communication regarding status updates, resumes and interview feedback, offer letter till joining of the candidates with clients.
  • Managing a team of 6 recruiters (Fresher’s) and implementing ROI & ROT concepts.
  • Worked on various product requirements
RecruitmentSelectionTeam ManagementStaffing

Education

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor’s Degree — Electronics and Communication Engineering

NARAYANA JUNIOR COLLEGE, Hyderabad

Intermediate Public Examination

YK ACHAIRI HIGH SCHOOL, Nellore

High School — SSC

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