Staff Digital Design Engineer /f/m/d) in Edinburgh

We are actively seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff Digital Design Engineer to join our growing hardware development team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing power and area optimised digital circuits for complex mixed-signal applications. You will work closely with analog and verification engineers to deliver high-quality silicon solutions.

Job Purpose & Dimensions

• Interpret high level requirements to architect, design & integrate low‑power digital circuits for mixed‑signal data conversion and power management products in advanced process nodes.
• Support full product lifecycle from concept to mass‑production; communicating closely with wider organisation through the various stages of silicon development.
• Provide technical leadership & influence to the digital design team by contributing to technical discussions & reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and supporting recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring digital development process is state‑of‑art and achieves budget, schedule, and project deliverable goals.
• Designing digital RTL that meets timing, area, power and any adhering standards specifications.
• Integrating design at the top level and running block & top‑level simulations.
• Participate in all aspects of Mixed‑signal design flow - Micro‑architecture, Design partitioning, RTL Verilog / SystemVerilog Design, Generating Timing Constraints, Synthesis, Interaction with P&R Team, Timing Analysis, LINT, CDC, RDC, UPF.
• Working closely with P&R team to generate a layout that meets timing, area, and power requirements.
• Support DFT strategy and implementation, and review test case development.
• Assisting with top level test‑bench debug, and running RTL & gate level simulations.
• Working with analog and digital verification engineers to come up with complex test scenarios for pre‑silicon verification.
• Supporting analog team to develop AMS, SystemVerilog or Verilog‑real behavioural models.
• Developing detailed block & chip level design documents and collateral.
• Holding and participating in key design reviews and completion of various checklists.
• Document device errata, develop work‑around solutions, implement engineering changes when necessary.

Qualifications

• >10 years of digital design experience in one of the following areas: wireless handheld, data conversion, and power management.
• Degree‑level qualification in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Fluent in Verilog / SystemVerilog RTL for digital CMOS circuit design.
• Strong understanding of ASIC design methodology.
• Strong understanding of Linting, CDC & RDC tools.
• Strong understanding of block‑level & chip‑level verification techniques.
• Strong & proven ability to debug both RTL & gate‑level simulations.
• Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) concepts and hardware realisations.
• Experience with methodology and flow automation using appropriate scripting.
• Experience with Mixed‑Signal design methodologies.
• Experience with developing design constraints and hand‑off to P&R.
• Experience with STA & timing closure.
• Experience with low‑power design techniques, including clock & power gating (UPF).
• Experience with power analysis and optimisation.
• Experience with advanced verification methodologies (UVM).
• Experience with industry‑standard protocols (e.g. AMBA, I2C).
• Mandatory competence in written and verbal English.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose “To Make Our Lives Easier.” As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system‑level know‑how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power‑efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, “To Make Our Lives Easier.”

At Renesas, you can:

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.
• Maximise your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark? Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in‑office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.