What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Principal Digital Design Engineer position at onsemi?
Job Description
The Principal Design Engineer leads the architecture, design, and verification of advanced mixed‑signal and/or digital ICs that power onsemi’s automotive, industrial, and cloud solutions. This role drives innovation across the full product lifecycle—from concept and feasibility through silicon validation and production—while mentoring engineering teams and influencing long‑term technology roadmaps. The engineer is expected to deliver high‑performance, energy‑efficient designs aligned with onsemi’s mission to enable a sustainable future through intelligent power and sensing technologies
Responsibilities
onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.
More details about our company benefits can be found here:
https://www.onsemi.com/careers/career-benefits
About The Team
We are committed to sourcing, attracting, and hiring high-performance innovators, while providing all candidates a positive recruitment experience that builds our brand as a great place to work.
onsemi is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, or local laws.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact Talent.acquisition@onsemi.com for assistance.
The Principal Design Engineer leads the architecture, design, and verification of advanced mixed‑signal and/or digital ICs that power onsemi’s automotive, industrial, and cloud solutions. This role drives innovation across the full product lifecycle—from concept and feasibility through silicon validation and production—while mentoring engineering teams and influencing long‑term technology roadmaps. The engineer is expected to deliver high‑performance, energy‑efficient designs aligned with onsemi’s mission to enable a sustainable future through intelligent power and sensing technologies
Responsibilities
- Own end‑to‑end IC design including architecture definition, block‑level design, modeling, RTL/mixed‑signal implementation, and integration into complex SoCs.
- Develop system‑level specifications in collaboration with product, systems, and applications teams, ensuring alignment with automotive, industrial, and cloud/5G requirements.
- Lead design reviews and provide technical direction across analog, digital, mixed‑signal, and verification teams.
- Drive innovation in power efficiency, sensing accuracy, signal integrity, and reliability to meet onsemi’s performance and sustainability goals.
- Perform advanced analysis including timing closure, noise coupling, power optimization, corner simulations, and reliability assessments (EM/IR, aging, safety).
- Collaborate closely with process technology teams to optimize designs for onsemi’s internal and external foundry technologies.
- Guide post‑silicon validation, debug, and characterization to ensure first‑pass success and robust production ramp.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building strong design methodologies, reusable IP, and best practices.
- Support customer engagements by providing deep technical expertise during design‑ins, reviews, and issue resolution.
- Contribute to long‑term technology roadmaps and strategic decisions on architectures, IP reuse, and platform development.
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 10 years of experience in IC design (analog, digital, or mixed‑signal), preferably in automotive, industrial, or high‑reliability markets.
- Proven track record of first‑pass silicon success on complex SoCs or mixed‑signal ICs.
- Expertise with industry‑standard EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor) for design, simulation, and verification.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor device physics, process technologies, and design‑for‑manufacturability.
- Experience with functional safety (ISO 26262), AEC‑Q100, or other high‑reliability standards is highly valued.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to lead cross‑functional technical teams.
- Experience with power management ICs, motor control, image sensors, SiC/GaN power devices, or high‑speed interfaces—key onsemi product domains.
- Familiarity with machine learning‑enabled design, advanced modeling, or system‑level simulation frameworks.
- Background in automotive ADAS, industrial automation, or cloud power infrastructure.
- Demonstrated ability to influence architecture decisions and drive long‑term platform strategies.
- Delivering high‑performance, energy‑efficient ICs that meet or exceed customer and market requirements.
- Achieving predictable schedules and first‑pass silicon success through rigorous design and verification.
- Strengthening onsemi’s design culture through mentorship, innovation, and technical leadership.
- Contributing to onsemi’s mission of enabling a sustainable, intelligent, and electrified future.
onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.
More details about our company benefits can be found here:
https://www.onsemi.com/careers/career-benefits
About The Team
We are committed to sourcing, attracting, and hiring high-performance innovators, while providing all candidates a positive recruitment experience that builds our brand as a great place to work.
onsemi is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, or local laws.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact Talent.acquisition@onsemi.com for assistance.