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# Principal Digital Design Engineer

- **Company:** Ro61 Nxp Semiconductors Romania Srl
- **Location:** EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Ethernet, Networking Hardware, Object-Oriented Software Development, Reduced Instruction Set Computing, Verification and Validation (Software), Static Timing Analysis, SystemVerilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
- **Published:** September 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/principal-digital-design-engineer-ro61-nxp-semiconductors-roma-8458832

## About the Role

* B.S./M.S. Electrical/Computer Engineering (or similar degrees)
 * Experience as a chip lead, architect or subsystem lead in leading digital design teams to meet design parameters
 * Proven track record of multiple successful tape-outs covering the complete chip design lifecycle in industry.
 * Experience in silicon design, including synthesis, static timing closure, and DFT
 * Fluent in SystemVerilog or VHDL and an object-oriented software language
 * Expertise desired in Ethernet networking, automotive design processes, embedded ARM or RISC-V processors, and Chisel
 * Hands on experience in debug and silicon bringup

Creating Secure Connections and Infrastructure for a Smarter World

## Description

* Lead team of engineers to design, implement and support in-vehicle networking devices as part of NXP's Automotive product line
 * Manage day-to-day performance of junior engineering team members
 * Define block requirements and architecture, optimizing for area, power and timing, implementing functional safety requirements, and coordinating with verification and validation teams to comply with automotive design processes
 * Documentation - Create robust design documentation to clearly communicate design intent to team members
 * Implementation - Implement design intent in SystemVerilog or Chisel
 * Collaboration - Work closely with Architecture, digital and analog design, DV and validation teams to ensure timely delivery of quality products.


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