Principal Engineer - Design

Job Title

Principal Engineer - Design

Role Summary

Senior engineering role responsible for leading the design and delivery of semiconductor products or subsystems. The role partners with cross-functional teams to define architecture, drive implementation and verification, and ensure timely, production-quality results.

The position emphasizes technical leadership, decision-making on design trade-offs, and mentoring of engineers across the design and verification teams.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Typically requires extensive industry experience leading complex semiconductor or system-design projects (example: 8+ years), though specific years were not specified in the source.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include ownership of technical direction, design execution, and cross-team coordination.

• Lead architecture and detailed design for assigned products or subsystems.
• Define and review technical specifications, design documents, and implementation plans.
• Develop and oversee verification strategies and validation plans to meet product requirements.
• Drive implementation: RTL/logic design, synthesis, timing closure, and integration activities (or equivalent depending on domain).
• Collaborate with firmware, system, test, and product teams to ensure successful tapeout/production and product bring-up.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks; resolve complex design issues and trade-offs.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers; lead technical reviews and design walkthroughs.

Requirements

Core qualifications and skills expected for successful applicants.

• Must-have: Proven track record leading semiconductor or system-level design projects and delivering products to production.
• Must-have: Strong hands-on experience with hardware design and verification flows; familiarity with HDLs (e.g., SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL) or equivalent domain-specific tools and methodologies as applicable.
• Must-have: Experience with design verification, timing closure, and common CAD/EDA tool flows; ability to debug complex hardware/software interactions.
• Must-have: Strong communication skills and experience coordinating across cross-functional teams.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with SoC/ASIC/FPGA design flows, synthesis tools, simulation and formal verification tools, or domain-specific technologies relevant to the product line.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Microchip

Headquarters: Chandler, Arizona, USA

Microchip is a leading semiconductor company focused on developing innovative solutions to enhance the human experience. With a commitment to empowering innovation, Microchip prioritizes the value of its employees by fostering a culture that supports their growth and contributions.