Principal Digital IC Designer
Location: Milan, Italy – NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors is seeking a Principal Digital IC Designer to contribute high-level technical expertise in the development of complex mixed-signal integrated circuits for automotive and industrial electrification applications.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Act as a high-level technical reference for digital IC design within the assigned product domain.
- Contribute to definition and review of digital architectures for complex mixed-signal ICs.
- Support architectural trade-offs across performance, power, safety, testability, and cost.
- Collaborate with the digital verification team ensuring alignment and quality.
- Promote best practices and standards in digital design.
Product and Portfolio Scope
- Provide technical guidance across one or more programs in parallel.
- Collaborate with architects, product line, and application teams to align technical specifications.
- Foster reuse and scalability of digital architectures and IPs.
Design Execution and Quality
- Perform and/or supervise RTL design, synthesis, integration, and sign-off.
- Review RTL implementations, design documentation, and sign-off results (timing, power, CDC, DFT).
- Support bring-up and debug on first silicon.
- Understand UVM and digital verification methodologies.
Safety‑Critical Design
- Ensure compliance with automotive quality and safety standards.
- Contribute to definition and evaluation of digital safety mechanisms.
- Participate in safety reviews and analysis with functional safety teams.
Mentoring and Knowledge Transfer
- Mentor junior designers and support team competence development.
- Share expertise across teams and international sites.
Required Skills
- Master’s or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum 12 years of experience in digital IC design.
- Strong experience as lead designer in complex projects.
- Expert knowledge of RTL design (SystemVerilog/Verilog).
- Experience with multi-clock, multi-power and reset strategies.
- Familiarity with synthesis constraints and DFT concepts.
- Experience in mixed-signal IC environments.
- Understanding of automotive and safety-critical methodologies.
- Experience with industry-standard EDA tools (Matlab, Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens).
- Fluent written and spoken English.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with automotive or industrial electrification ICs (BMS, gate drivers, power management).
- Familiarity with Digital Signal Processing.
- Experience influencing technical direction within a team or product line.
- International R&D experience.
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