Senior Principal Digital Design Engineer

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

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

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

What Success Looks Like

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.