Renesas Electronics America

Staff Digital Design Engineer

Renesas Electronics America$120K — $150K *
Technical Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of digital design experience in wireless handheld, data conversion, or power management.
  • Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • Proficient in Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL for CMOS circuit design.
  • Strong understanding of ASIC design methodologies and tools (Lint, CDC, RDC).
  • Proven ability to debug RTL and gate-level simulations effectively.
  • Willingness to travel at short notice for work-related purposes.
  • Effective communication skills in written and verbal English.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure digital development processes align with project goals for budget, schedule, and deliverables.
  • Design digital RTL circuits that comply with timing, area, and power specifications.
  • Integrate designs and execute block and top-level simulations.
  • Participate in the entire mixed-signal design flow, including micro-architecture and RTL design.
  • Collaborate closely with the P&R team to develop layouts that meet specifications.
  • Support DFT strategy and contribute to test case development.
  • Engage in debugging top-level test-bench scenarios and simulations.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence and lead digital design initiatives.
  • Collaborative environment with cross-discipline team interactions.
  • Support for professional growth through mentoring and technical discussions.
  • Involvement in the full product lifecycle from concept to production.
  • Potential for travel, offering exposure to global projects.
Full Job Description
Renesas Electronics is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff Digital Design Engineer to join our growing hardware development team in Chandler, AZ. In this role, you will be responsible for designing power and area-optimized digital circuits for complex mixed-signal applications. Job Purpose & Dimensions: • Interpret high level requirements to architect, design & integrate low-power digital circuits for mixed-signal data conversion and power management products in advanced process nodes. • Support full product lifecycle from concept to mass-production; communicating closely with wider organization through the various stages of silicon development. • Provide technical leadership & influence to the digital design team by contributing to technical discussions & reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and supporting recruitment. • Work closely with Analog and Verification engineers to deliver high-quality silicon solutions. Responsibilities: • Ensuring digital development process is state-of-art and achieves budget, schedule, and project deliverable goals. • Designing digital RTL that meets timing, area, power and any adhering standards specifications. • Integrating design at the top level and running block & top-level simulations. • Participate in all aspects of Mixed-signal design flow - Micro-architecture, Design partitioning, RTL Verilog / System Verilog Design, Generating Timing Constraints, Synthesis, Interaction with P&R Team, Timing Analysis, LINT, CDC, RDC, UPF. • Working closely with P&R team to generate a layout that meets timing, area, and power requirements. • Support DFT strategy and implementation, and review test case development. • Assisting with top level test-bench debug, and running RTL & gate level simulations • Working with analog and digital verification engineers to come up with complex test scenarios for pre-silicon verification. • Supporting analog team to develop AMS, System Verilog or Verilog-real behavioral models. • Developing detailed block & chip level design documents and collateral. • Holding and participating in key design reviews and completion of various checklists. • Perform silicon evaluation as required. • Document device errata, develop work-around solutions, implement engineering changes when necessary. Qualifications • >10 years of digital design experience in one of the following areas: wireless handheld, data conversion, and power management. • Degree-level qualification in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline. • Fluent in Verilog / SystemVerilog RTL for digital CMOS circuit design. • Strong understanding of ASIC design methodology. • Strong understanding of Lint, CDC & RDC tools. • Strong understanding of block-level & chip-level verification techniques. • Strong & proven ability to debug both RTL & gate-level simulations. • Mandatory competence in written and verbal English. • Willingness to travel domestically or internationally on short notice. • Ability to work independently and collaboratively. • Preferred: experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) concepts and hardware realizations. • Preferred: experience with methodology and flow automation using appropriate scripting. • Preferred: experience with mixed-signal design methodologies. • Preferred: experience developing design constraints and hand-off to P&R. • Preferred: experience with STA and timing closure. • Preferred: experience with low-power design techniques, including clock and power gating (UPF). • Preferred: experience with power analysis and optimization. • Preferred: experience with advanced verification methodologies (UVM). • Preferred: experience with industry-standard protocols such as AMBA or I2C. Videos To Watch https://www.youtube.com/embed/k-zs4tB6nNc

About Renesas Electronics America

Renesas Electronics America is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad range of analog and power devices, with operations spanning research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of applications.
Learn more about Renesas Electronics America
Size
2,000 employees
Industry

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Renesas Electronics America

More Technical Services Jobs

Find similar Staff Digital Design Engineer jobs: