Principal Engineer

Job Title: Digital Design Functional Manager

Location: Hyderabad/Bengaluru

Department: VLSI / Digital Design

Experience: 15~18 years

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Digital Design Associate lead and manage Projects activities across multiple Offshore Development Centers (ODCs), as well as internal and external semiconductor projects. The candidate will play a key role in driving architecture, execution, and delivery while mentoring engineering teams and ensuring high-quality outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage digital design project across multiple ODCs and project locations.
• Drive micro-architecture definition based on system requirements and ensure alignment with design goals.
• Possess strong understanding of all industry-standard IPs like memory controllers, interconnects, peripherals, high-speed interfaces, Automotive , FuSa implementation , Low power design techniques and guide their integration ,
• Estimate project scope, effort (man-months), and timelines.
• Make critical technical and managerial decisions to ensure successful project delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as verification, physical design, DFT, and software teams.
• Review design quality, code, and documentation to ensure adherence to best practices and standards.
• Identify risks proactively and implement mitigation strategies.
• Interface with customers/stakeholders for requirement gathering, status updates, and issue resolution.

Team & People Management

• Lead, mentor, and guide design engineers across experience levels.
• Onboard new hires and train freshers by developing challenging assignments and then ensuring smooth integration into projects.
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback.
• Allocate resources effectively across projects and ensure optimal utilization.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience in digital design and SoC development.
• Hands-on expertise in RTL design using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Solid understanding of SoC architecture and integration flows.
• Strong knowledge on industry tools
• Familiarity with industry-standard IPs and their use in complex SoCs.
• Proven experience in micro-architecture planning and design trade-offs.
• Ability to estimate effort, schedule, and resource requirements accurately.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience working with global teams and ODC models is highly desirable.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience managing large-scale semiconductor projects.
• Exposure to end-to-end SoC lifecycle (architecture to tape-out).
• Knowledge of low-power design techniques, timing closure, and synthesis flows.
• Experience with project planning tools and methodologies.

Soft Skills

• Team-building capabilities
• Strong analytical thinking
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
• Proactive and ownership-driven mindset

Additional Responsibilities:

• RTL development using VHDL or Verilog/System Verilog, according to functional requirements and following design guidelines
• Lint, CDC, Synthesis, & Power Optimization
• Soft and hard IP identification, selection and integration
• Timing and power constraints development
• Collaboration with analog design team for mixed-signal designs
• Collaboration with verification team in verification plan development and debug
• Collaboration with physical design team to close the design on timing and power
• Collaboration with firmware design team to close the design system scenarios

Minimum Qualification:

• 15~18 years' experience in RTL development
• Advanced knowledge of RTL design using VHDL or Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Low power (UPF) implementation. RTL sing-off.
• Experience working closely with Firmware, Verification, DFT & PD team
• Strong communication and presentation skills in English.
• Have expense in Pre-Silicon (FPGA) Validation.
• Engineer must have good understanding on conversion of ASIC RTL to FPGA RTL.
• Experience in design partition on FPGA to generate multiple bit file, have good understanding on FPGA clock wizard configuration and building clock tree structure in FPGA.
• Hands-on experience in Vivado tool (Must).
• Experience in FPGA timing closure must.