Sr. Manager, PDK Development Engineering - Renesas Electronics

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.

The PDK/CAD team is looking for a Sr. Manager for a US based team. Candidate should have a strong technical ability and good managerial skills to provide support to several design teams worldwide. 

Duties and Responsibilities: Lead and manage a team of dedicated PDK/CAD professionals and ensure continued world class support for design teams using our technologies and processes. Contribute and collaborate with peers to align flows and methods where possible. Maintain an effective and efficient team and establish productive relationships with internal customers and peers. The role requires strong skills in various aspects of leadership, CAD, EDA Tools, PDK and flow development. 

• Develop/Maintain, Test, and Deploy foundry PDKs, PDK components, PDK methodologies to various Business units, fulfilling their requirements. 
• Provide CAD solutions to support design methodologies and any issues raised by design teams.  Proactively work with design teams to anticipate their needs. 
• Collaborate with colleagues and team members in defining, maintaining, testing and deploying CAD infrastructure, PDKs and PDK components to internal customers.  
• Lead by example technically by having a strong technical expertise in several areas of PDK/CAD. 

• Manage a team of experienced PDK/CAD engineers and ensure continued smooth operation with task delegation as needed. 
• Support, develop & maintain components & scripts required for internal PDK, CAD and general design community use.  
• Align with manager’s goals and initiatives to meet agreed-upon objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs). 
• Be a key part of the interface between design, foundry technology, foundries, EDA vendors and assembly teams to identify and implement project requirements and ensure that issues raised are addressed speedily. 
• Understand timelines, responsibilities, and priorities for support requests and assigned projects, and take appropriate actions. 
• Exercise creativity to innovate new processes and procedures to achieve solutions to complex problems quickly. 
• Work with EDA tool vendors on Renesas’s tool evaluations and any requested enhancements and bug fixes. 
• Maintain skills to ensure competence to perform assigned responsibilities. 

Required Skills 

• Excellent leadership capability, leading by example with the necessary skills to convey priorities and complex requirements to team members and customers, delegating appropriately and ensuring that actions are completed as scheduled. 
• Good knowledge of CMOS fundamentals with background in electrical engineering or semiconductor physics. 
• Excellent technical ability and knowledge of modern semiconductor technology and design flows, including familiarity with Cadence custom IC Virtuoso platform, both from a frontend (schematic/simulation) and backend (layout/PV/PEX) perspective.   
• Knowledge of foundry PDKs and their internal components: PCELL, CDF, Tech files. 
• Strong support and debugging capability. 
• Knowledge of UNIX shell, Shell scripting, programming including Perl or Python. 
• Ability to work well and collaborate in a team environment, both internally across an internal PDK/CAD team as well as with peers in same and other disciplines. 

Additional, Desired Qualifications/Skills 

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent degree with 8 years of experience.  

• Additional programming/scripting/parsing languages, including Cadence Skill. 

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 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 remain agile and fearless as we accelerate our growth, encouraging everyone to play an active role with an entrepreneurial mindset and accountability.     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing automotive, industrial, infrastructure, IoT, and sustainable products and solutions to meet our customers’ evolving needs and help people and communities thrive tomorrow.  

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from Day 1.    
   

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 celebrating 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 federal, state or local law.