Principal Digital Design Engineer

Renesas Electronics • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Renesas is hiring a Principal Digital Engineer for its Analog and Mixed Signal Business Group. The role architects, designs, and implements digital and mixed-signal ICs. The engineer works with teams at other U.S. sites and in China, contributing throughout development, from product conception to production release. The position involves leading development and delivering high-quality silicon on schedule and within cost targets. It also supports design documentation, silicon evaluation, circuit debugging, production test development, and customer and applications support, and contributes to defining technology requirements for future products.

Requirements

• MSEE or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and 8 or more years of relevant industry experience, or BSEE in Electrical Engineering and 12 or more years of relevant industry experience.
• Proven experience in SoC architecture, AHB/APB/AXI, bus matrices, and interface protocols including USB, I2C/I3C, SPI, UART, and packet-oriented protocols.
• Good knowledge of embedded memories, including SRAM, OTP, MTP, and EE/Flash memory.
• Good knowledge of design flow and hands-on experience with chip architecture definition, partitioning, assignment, RTL coding, simulation, synthesis, DFT, and timing checks.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Highly motivated and creative.
• AI savvy and able to leverage AI in daily work.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual ability and Mandarin fluency.
• Knowledge of DDR DRAM and Flash memory.
• Mixed-signal knowledge and mixed-signal chip development experience (highly preferred).
• Project management skills (highly preferred).

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement digital and mixed-signal ICs.
• Lead development from product conception through production release.
• Work with teams at other U.S. sites and in China.
• Deliver high-quality silicon on time and within cost targets.
• Prepare design documentation.
• Perform silicon evaluation and circuit debugging.
• Support production test development.
• Provide customer and applications support.
• Contribute to defining technology requirements for future products.

Benefits

• Bonus opportunities.
• Medical benefits.
• Health savings account with applicable medical plan.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Pet insurance.
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D for benefited employees.
• Long-term disability benefits.
• Short-term medical benefits.
• Paid sick time.
• Paid holidays.
• Accrued paid vacation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal