Senior Principal Digital IC Designer
NXP Semiconductors Visualizza tutti gli annunci
- Milano
- Tempo indeterminato
- Full time
- Act as a company‑level technical reference for digital IC design within the electrification domain
- Define, review, and approve digital architectures for complex mixed‑signal ICs
- Drive key architectural trade‑offs across performance, power, safety, testability, and cost
- Drive and support digital verification team
- Establish and maintain digital design best practices and standards
- Provide technical guidance across multiple concurrent programs
- Contribute to product definition and long‑term technology roadmap
- Promote reuse and scalability of digital architectures and IPs across platforms
- Interface with system architects, product line management, and application teams on technical topics
- Develop and oversee RTL design, synthesis, integration, and sign‑off activities
- Review and approve:
- RTL implementations
- Design documentation and specifications
- Sign‑off results (timing, power, CDC, DFT)
- Support silicon bring‑up, debug activities, and root‑cause analysis on first silicon and production issues
- Understanding UVM and digital verification methodology
- Ensure compliance with automotive quality and safety standards.
- Drive the definition and evaluation of digital safety mechanisms
- Support safety analyses and reviews in collaboration with functional safety teams
- Mentor and technically guide Digital Designers
- Actively contribute to competence development within the organization
- Share expertise across teams and international sites
- Master’s or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 15 years of experience in digital IC design
- Proven experience operating at Principal or Senior Principal technical level
- Expert knowledge of:
- RTL design (SystemVerilog / Verilog)
- Complex digital architectures and control‑oriented designs
- Multi‑clock, multi-power and reset strategies
- Synthesis constraints
- DFT concepts (ATPG, BIST, coverage)
- Strong experience in mixed‑signal IC environments
- Solid understanding of automotive and safety‑critical design methodologies
- Hands‑on experience with industry‑standard EDA tools (Matlab, Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens)
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Experience with automotive or industrial electrification ICs (BMS, gate drivers, power management)
- Familiarity with Digital Signal Processing
- Experience influencing technical direction beyond a single project or team
- International R&D experience