Principal Engineer-Design (SoC Integration and RTL/IP)

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Job Description:

Job Summary

The dsPIC microcontroller group is seeking an experienced SoC Integration, RTL/IP Design, and FPGA Engineer to lead SoC integration, RTL development, IP design, and FPGA prototyping activities. The candidate will work closely with architecture, verification, and physical design teams to deliver high-quality hardware solutions.

Key Responsibilities

SoC Integration

• Perform top-level and subsystem integration of processors, memories, peripherals, and custom IPs.
• Integrate IPs using proprietary bus interfaces and AMBA AXI, AHB / APB protocols.
• Handle clock/reset integration, interrupt routing, address mapping, and pad / pin connectivity.
• Resolve chip-level Lint / Synthesis / Timing issues perform CDC / RDC analysis and implement relevant fixesOwnership of post-silicon debug and ECO revisions of the chip

RTL and IP Design

• Develop synthesizable RTL using SystemVerilog.
• Design reusable peripherals, controllers (for memories, ADCs, PWMs), wrappers, and power management modules.
• Resolve Lint / Synthesis / Timing issues; resolve CDC / RDC errors
• Perform RTL reviews, synthesis support, timing optimization, and design debug.
• Maintenance, enhancements and management of older IP

Technical Leadership

• Collaborate with architecture, verification, DFT, physical design, firmware, and system teams.
• Lead design reviews, mentor junior engineers, and drive technical improvements
• Help with key decisions related to IP and product definition and implementation

Requirements/Qualifications:

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field with 10+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC design, RTL development, FPGA, or SoC integration.
• Strong knowledge of SystemVerilog and AMBA AXI/AHB/APB protocols.
• Experience with SoC integration, IP development, clock/reset architecture, and memory mapping.
• Hands-on experience with Vivado or Quartus, synthesis, STA, and timing closure.
• Familiarity with simulation tools such as QuestaSim, VCS, or Xcelium.
• Knowledge of CDC/RDC, RTL lint, and Python/Tcl scripting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ARM/RISC-V-based SoCs, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C, and UART interfaces.
• Knowledge of low-power design, DFT integration, and Formal-based verification.
• Experience with FPGA synthesis, place and route, timing closure, constraint development and FPGA-based validation.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, VLSI, or a related field.

Expected Deliverables

• Integrated SoC/subsystem RTL and reusable IP modules.
• FPGA implementation and validation results.
• Design quality reports and integration documentation.

Role Expectation: Independently drive SoC integration, IP design, and FPGA prototyping while providing technical leadership and ensuring robust, reusable hardware designs.

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Hearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

Monday - Friday 8 hours/day, Inside: 100%, Sitting: 85%, Standing: 10%, walking: 5%

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