Principal Digital Design Engineer

at  Renesas Electronics

Company Description
Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.
Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world.
Job Description

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Typically 8 – 12 years of experience
• Proven ability to resolve complex digital design issues in a creative and effective way
• Fluent in either (System) Verilog or VHDL RTL coding and ASIC design methodology.
• Proven ability to optimize and develop design architecture from chip inception through to compliant netlist
• Proficiency in developing block and top-level timing constraints for STA and P & R handoff
• Expert in low-power digital design techniques
• Capable of self-teaching in emerging technologies (add in all)
• Advanced training, study and experience allowing work on advanced complex technical projects.
• Ability to select most appropriate methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for maximizing results
• Ability to solve complex issues in creative, commercial and effective ways
• Proven ability to lead and co-ordinate projects, from specification to mass production
• Ability to train and mentor less experienced team members
• Results-oriented and able to deliver on-time under a tight schedule
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Flexible to undertake occasional international travel at short notice

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in Electronics Engineering or a related discipline typically required.

JOB PURPOSE AND DIMENSIONS:

Interpreting requirement specifications to develop digital designs from the block level to top-level system for Renesas’ mixed-signal IC products. RTL design for low power products. Technical leadership of projects/ lead designer for major blocks, ensuring designs are successfully guided into production. Leading innovation of designs and methodologies for power management. Design verification and developing advanced verification methodologies.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Ensuring digital development process is state-of-the-art and achieves budget, schedule and project deliverable goals.
• Design of optimized digital blocks meeting functional, cost and low power constraints and ensure spec compliance.
• Ownership of the digital design process for projects to conform to Renesas’ design process.
• Take technical leadership for complex sub-systems or for complete digital system and drive from specification to production ramp. Review TCL scripts and design constraints to perform synthesis, DFT insertion and static timing analysis.
• Support DFT strategy and implementation and verify test case development.
• Drive digital design verification, verification planning, feature extraction and verification test case development.
• Interface with P & R for digital hand-off and post layout verification.
• Develop test vectors for production test.
• Instigate regular peer review meetings with Digital Design Engineers. Follow and improve procedures and design practises defined by internal and customer-induced guidelines.
• Co-ordinate work-around solutions where necessary to overcome device errata including documentation.
• Support RFQ process where necessary.
• Coach and mentor less experience team members.
• Other specific tasks as deemed reasonable by your manager some of which will be set during annual performance review.