Sr Principal Engineer, Chip Lead

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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 We are seeking a highly experienced Chip design lead to join our SoC development team. This role involves driving the chip RTL design for power efficient chips and collaborating across architecture, verification, and physical design teams to deliver world-class semiconductor solutions. Actively drive the chip integration and the team to meet the project goals Review architecture specifications, create RTL micro-arch specifications and drive the RTL design using Verilog/SystemVerilog and industry-standard methodologies Optimize RTL for timing, power, and area targets while ensuring design scalability Work closely with architecture, Verification, firmware, and physical design teams during development and implementation to achieve the design targets Collaborate with verification teams to ensure functional correctness and coverage goals Work closely with synthesis and physical design teams for PPA analysis and design convergence Work with DFT teams to achieve coverage goals Contribute to methodology improvements for design implementation and timing closure Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers Provide support to functional validation teams in post silicon debug Collaborate with other functional teams including Verification, Validation, DFT, physical design and emulation teams to achieve project targets IP selection and make/buy decisions Qualifications BTech/MTech in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science with 15+ years of hardware design experience >10 years of experience in RTL design at IP and chip level Prior experience with CPU based chip designs is a must Experience in D2D protocols like UCIe or Bunch-of-wires Experience in Design of Microcontroller and Microprocessor chips, CPU cores, Interconnect, Peripherals Proven track record in timing closure and physically aware design flows Strong communication skills (written and verbal), problem solving, teamwork, attention to detail, commitment to task, and quality focus Strong understanding of synthesis, STA, and power optimization techniques Experience with low-power design techniques and multi-clock domain architectures Experience in protocols like AHB/AXI/CHI, Memory (ROM, RAM, Flash, LPDDR/DDR3/4) and memory controllers Strong domain knowledge of clocking, system modes, power management, debug, security and other domains Experience in more than one of Chiplets / Interconnect / CPU / NPU / GPU / Imaging / Display / Memory controller / Debug / clocking and reset design Prior experience with any of these would be a plus: High Speed Peripherals like DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, GPU, VPU (Video Processing Unit); NIC/FlexNOC interconnect; Flash memory subsystems. Can – do attitude, openness to new environment, people and culture Ability to propose innovative and leading edge solutions Strong drive & ability to coordinate work across highly experienced global teams Additional Information 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 21,000 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. Let’s Shape the Future together. Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting 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 law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement . 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.