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# Principal Digital Engineering

- **Company:** Rambus Inc.
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $144,600.0 - $268,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Software Debugging, Firmware, Static Timing Analysis, PIC Microcontroller, Backend
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c09e484ff735f238

## About the Role

* Master degree or above in EE or related field
 * At least 7 years of digital IC design experience
 * Experience in the area listed below:
 + Embedded SRAM/OTP/Efuse/MTP controller
 + Design for test for digital block, analog block
 + Communication bus such as I2C/I3C/SPI/AHB/APB
 + Logic equivalent check
 + Static timing check
 + Familiar to schematic editor
 + Micro-controller firmware development experience is a plus

 * Being Familiar to mixed signal design and backend is a plus
 * Mass product experience is a plus
 * Self-motivated and proactive
 * Good communication skills and a strong team player

## Description

* Work with analog/digital design team for new product development
 * Responsible for digital architecture design, RTL coding, functional simulation, analog-block Verilog model, post-pr simulation
 * Support bench test, support ATE test
 * Support chip bringing-up, debugging, failure analysis, characterizations and product release efforts
 * Micro-controller firmware initial development


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