CareerPlanSign in

Principal Digital Design Engineer

San Jose, CALIFORNIA, us💼 Full-time💰 $190,000–$190,000🗓 2026-09-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Architect, design, and implement digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for automotive, industrial, and IoT applications, leading development from conception to production release.

Role type

Principal Digital Design Engineer (Mixed-Signal IC)

Builds

Digital and mixed-signal System-on-Chip (SoC) products

Domain

Semiconductor / IC Design / Automotive & Industrial IoT

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

SOC architecture, AHB/APB/AXI bus protocols, embedded memory design, RTL coding, simulation, synthesis, DFT, timing check, mixed-signal chip development

Preferred skills

DDR DRAM and Flash memory knowledge, project management, AI integration in daily workflows

Technologies

USB, I2C/I3C, SPI, UART, SRAM, OTP, MTP, EE/Flash

Responsibilities

Define chip architecture and partitioning, lead development teams across US and China sites, perform circuit debugging and silicon evaluation, develop production test strategies, specify technology requirements for future products

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC architect with strategic oversight

Sourced via smartrecruiters · Listed on CareerPlan, which tracks 70,000+ jobs from 20+ sources.