Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

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

The Performance Computing Power (PCP) group is seeking an experienced Digital IC Designer to join our expanding business focused on power management and multiphase solutions for CPUs and custom ASIC power.

Responsibilities:

• Product Definition: Play a critical role in defining new products as a key member of the cross-functional team. Analyze trade-offs, drive closure on all essential aspects, and finalize specifications for new programs to ensure competitive and timely market launches.
• Architecture & Design: Architect, design, and integrate low-power digital circuits for mixed-signal power management products in advanced process nodes. Develop detailed specifications for execution by medium-to-large teams.
• RTL Design: Lead and oversee digital RTL design, ensuring compliance with timing, area, power, and relevant standards specifications.
• Design Flow Participation: Participate in all phases of the digital and mixed-signal design flow, including micro-architecture, design partitioning, RTL Verilog/SystemVerilog design, timing constraint generation, synthesis, and interaction with P&R teams. Perform timing analysis, LINT, CDC, RDC, and UPF.
• Verification: Work closely with analog and digital verification engineers to develop complex test scenarios for pre-silicon verification.
• AMS, DMS & Behavioral Models: Support the analog team in developing AMS, SystemVerilog, or Verilog-Real behavioral models.
• Integration & Simulation: Integrate designs at the top level and conduct block- and top-level simulations.
• DFT & Layout: Contribute to DFT strategy and implementation, review test case development, and collaborate with P&R teams to generate layouts that meet timing, area, and power requirements.
• Debug & Documentation: Assist with debugging top-level test benches and running RTL and gate-level simulations. Develop comprehensive chip-level and block design documentation.
• Design Reviews: Lead and actively participate in key design reviews, ensuring the completion of various checklists.
• Problem Solving: Document device errata, develop work-around solutions, and implement engineering changes as needed.
• Innovation & Strategy: Uphold and inspire high standards for cost/performance, robustness, and quality. Contribute to product strategy, definition, roadmap, and planning in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Cultural Leadership: Embody and promote Renesas' culture and values.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Experience: Over 20 years of digital design experience in power management, data conversion, and FSM for switching voltage regulators and DrMOS. Experience in FPGA and custom DSP is a plus.
• Education: Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Digital Interfaces & Protocols: Proficient knowledge of digital interfaces and related protocols, including Intel VR standards, AMD SVI, Nvidia PMVID, PMBus, and AVSBus. Proven experience in releasing products incorporating these standards for mass production.
• Power Management: Solid understanding of multiphase buck converter architecture, key IPs, and their verifications.
• RTL Design: Fluent in Verilog/Syste