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If you would like Bob Weinstein’s TechWatch sent to you each week, sign up for our TechMail that features Bob’s weekly column. “We are expanding rapidly in the marketing, design, and manufacturing of chips.” “This year will mark our most aggressive hiring year,” he said. If Leven could find 500 candidates with the right credentials, he’d hire them on the spot. The company employs 22,000 staff members in the United States, including roughly 3,000 chip designers. It’s the same story at Dallas, TX-based digital signal processor manufacturer Texas Instruments, according to Senior Vice President of Human Resources Steve Leven. “We’re always looking for them,” Palmanteer said. The company employs 78,000 staffers worldwide, including 8,000 chip designers. Norris Palmanteer, staffing manager for Santa Clara, CA-based Intel’s Architecture Group, says the company needs about 1,500 designers. While there is a shortage of virtually all high-tech workers, the demand for chip designers is off the charts. Why is there a shortage? What background do you need to land such a lucrative job? Bob Weinstein explains in this week's TechWatch. Expanding market, shrinking talent pool create demand for chip designersĬompanies like Intel and Texas Instruments are desperate for chip designers.