SoC Design Engineer

Microchip Technology Inc.; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 121,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits day one

Retirement savings plans

IESPP program

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. in Burnaby, BC, invites an experienced Principal Engineer-Design to lead semiconductor architecture, RTL, and circuit design across development stages.

The role requires 10+ years in semiconductor or electronic design and involves defining technical direction, partnering with stakeholders, and delivering high-quality engineering solutions within a fast-paced global organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years in semiconductor or electronic design.
• Experience with RTL, digital or mixed-signal circuits, architecture, simulation, synthesis, integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain semiconductor architectures, RTL, circuits, and interfaces.
• Translate needs into design requirements and plans.
• Analyze specs, simulations, timing, power, area, and risks.
• Debug design, verification, and integration; lead root-cause analysis.
• Review requirements and release evidence for technical quality.
• Promote design reuse, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate outputs across architecture, design, verification, and CAD teams.
• Maintain design documentation and lifecycle records.

Skills

RTL design

Simulation

Synthesis

Timing analysis

Power analysis

Verification

Scripting

EDA tools

Design automation

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field

Job description

About Microchip

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you. Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!

Job Description

Join the Design Engineering team as Principal Engineer-Design supporting semiconductor architecture, RTL and circuit design, integration, verification, performance, power, area, documentation, and product lifecycle. This role is best suited for candidates with 10 or more years of relevant experience in semiconductor or electronic design, RTL, digital or mixed-signal circuits, architecture, simulation, synthesis, integration, or a closely related area. In this role, you will define advanced technical direction, architectures, methodologies, and reusable solutions within an approved domain, partner with relevant technical and business stakeholders, and help deliver reliable, high-quality engineering or service outcomes and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain semiconductor architectures, RTL, circuits, IP, interfaces, subsystems, and design collateral.


• Translate product, system, performance, power, area, reliability, test, manufacturing, and schedule needs into design requirements and plans.


• Analyze specifications, simulations, timing, power, area, integration, defects, risks, dependencies, and technical tradeoffs.


• Debug design, simulation, integration, verification, implementation, and product issues; lead root-cause analysis within approved scope.


• Review requirements, architectures, RTL, circuits, models, constraints, results, changes, and release evidence for technical quality.


• Drive design reuse, automation, quality, reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement.


• Coordinate outcomes across architecture, design, verification, DFT, implementation, package, product, test, manufacturing, and CAD teams.


• Maintain specifications, design records, review evidence, configuration, and lifecycle documentation.

Requirements / Qualifications

Minimum qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field with 10 or more years of relevant experience in semiconductor or electronic design, RTL, digital or mixed-signal circuits, architecture, simulation, synthesis, integration, or a closely related area. Qualified candidates should demonstrate analytical thinking, structured problem solving, technical ownership, clear communication, technical documentation, cross-functional collaboration, quality focus, and sound judgment in design engineering work. Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate: Employment stability, reliability, and sustained accountability in prior roles. Effective teamwork and cross-functional collaboration. Integrity and accuracy in representing qualifications, experience, and credentials.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with semiconductor, ASIC, SoC, FPGA, digital, analog, mixed-signal, memory, interface, or IP design.


• Experience with RTL, simulation, synthesis, timing, power, verification, scripting, EDA tools, or design automation.


• Experience with architecture, integration, design reviews, technical leadership, or product development.


• Working knowledge of various on-chip interconnect protocols (APB, AXI, AHB etc) and external peripheral protocols (I2C, SPI, UART etc) Knowledge of PCI-express Gen-6 or latest Gen-7 Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field.

Travel Time

0% - 25%

Benefits & Pay

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading IESPP program with a 6-month look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below: Benefits of working at Microchip The annual base salary range for this position is $86,000-$186,000.* *Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.