Senior Digital IP Design Manager

Job Description Job Summary: Sr/ Digital IP Design Manager

Location: Bangalore, India

Company: onsemi

Role Overview onsemi is seeking a Digital IP Design Manager to manage the design of digital datapath and subsystem IP for next-generation CMOS image sensors and the onsemi Treo platform. This role will manage a talented sub-team of digital design engineers, drive technical execution, and help shape the future of scalable, automotive-grade digital IP design.

The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on digital design expertise with necessary experience of people leadership, and a forward-looking mindset, including curiosity around how AI and automation can improve digital design productivity and cycle time.

Responsibilities Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership

• Lead the design of digital datapath IP and modules for CMOS image sensors, including high-performance, low-power pipelines.
• Drive development of core platform digital-on-top and subsystem IP for the onsemi Treo platform.
• Ensure IP meets automotive quality, safety, and reliability requirements (e.g., robustness, configurability, reuse).
• Partner closely with architecture, DV, PD, analog, mixed-signal, system, full-chip integration, firmware, and software teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Provide technical guidance on RTL quality, low-power design, clocking/reset strategies, and design-for-test to design engineers.
• Participate in technical reviews, risk assessment, and post-silicon learning.

Team & People Management

• Lead and mentor talented digital IP designers.
• Bring quality, flow and schedule focus to the team.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, innovation and continuous improvement.

Innovation & Productivity

• Stay curious and engaged with emerging trends, especially AI/ML-driven approaches to:
  • RTL generation and review
  • Integration and Si debug productivity
  • Design-space exploration
• Champion adoption of tools and processes that reduce cycle time and improve first-time-right outcomes

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience with CMOS image sensor digital pipelines or imaging-related IP.
• Familiarity with platform or subsystem-level IP development.
• Exposure to functional safety concepts relevant to automotive products.
• Experience driving or adopting EDA automation, scripting, or AI-assisted workflows.
• Prior experience scaling or building a new team.

Qualifications Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of overall experience in digital IC design.
• 3+ years of proven people management or technical leadership experience.
• Strong background in digital IP or SoC development.
• Experience working on Automotive IP or automotive semiconductor products.
• Hands-on experience with:
  • RTL design (SystemVerilog / Verilog)
  • Low-power design techniques
  • IP reuse and configurability
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across teams and geographies.