Staff Digital Verification Engineer-Lead Role

Company Description

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world.

Job Description

Our Ottawa office is looking for a talented Staff Digital Verification Engineer to join a team. The position is open to remote in Canada with strong preference given to candidates in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. After joining our team, you will be developing industry-leading mixed-signal Application Specific Integrated Circuits in a flexible work environment. You will be part of a growing design and verification team giving you a chance to make a significant impact. As a member of the verification team, you will be responsible for improving and maintaining our UVM test environment, creating new testcases, and debugging mixed-signal chips in digital simulation.

Responsibilities:

• Verification of mixed-signal ASICs in a SV UVM environment.
• Implementing test cases based on functional specifications and test plans.
• RTL and possibly Gate level debug of mixed-signal ASICs.
• Implementing functional coverage and aiding designers in reviewing code coverage
• Lead the Verification of a small project
• Mentor less experienced engineers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical degree in Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering
• 8 years of practical design verification experience using SystemVerilog UVM and ASIC verification.
• Experience with functional coverage driven verification sign-off.
• Experience contributing to verification plans.

Preferred Skills: 

• Knowledge of PLLs.
• Experience with Synopsys and/or Cadence simulation tools.
• Ability to work in a Unix/Linux operating system environment.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or equivalent
• Experience with mixed-signal design modelling and debugging.

Additional Information

* Remote work available for candidate located in Ottawa, Toronto OR Montreal (CANADA). 

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at renesas.com.

Renesas’ mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

Renesas Electronics is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, creed or religion, age, sex (including gender and pregnancy), sexual orientation, marital or civil status, same-sex partnership status, family status, disability and any other characteristic protected by law. Renesas is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.