Principal Digital Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Drive Specification & Architecture: Define chip specification requirements and analyze process options to select the best technology for target applications.
• System-Level Design: Lead digital module design and full system-level simulations.
• Verification Oversight: Develop and execute comprehensive design verification plans, ensuring total system-level integrity.
• Physical Implementation: Manage synthesis and P&R constraint generation, including clock tree specifications.
• Testability & Quality: Oversee scan insertion and pattern generation to ensure rigorous silicon standards.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Partner with Test, Product, and Application Engineering to develop validation plans and drive products through to final release.
• Customer & Market Strategy: Engage directly with customers to identify application needs and define total system-level solutions.
• Technical Consultation: Provide subject matter expertise for marketing initiatives and support customer design-ins through site visits and technical reviews.

• Expert Technical Skills: Mastery of Verilog coding, Register file design, Serial interfaces, and State machine architectures.
• Implementation & Tooling: Deep proficiency with Cadence design tools, including Synthesis, Linting, Static Timing Analysis (STA), and Clock Domain Crossing (CDC).
• DFT & Automation: Proven track record in Scan insertion, self-test methodologies, and automation scripting.
• Verification & Modeling: Strong verification background (SystemVerilog); experience with VerilogAMS coding for functional verification is a significant plus.
• Strategic Communication: Exceptional written and verbal cross-functional communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical requirements for customers and internal stakeholders.
• Education & Experience: BSEE required (MSEE preferred) with 15+ years of professional industry experience in a Digital Design Engineering role.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.