Job Purpose:

Lead the AMS design verification team of 8-10 engineers to ensure first-pass Si success meeting both functional and performance requirements according to specification.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Take overall responsibility for AMS design verification to achieve first pass silicon success and to ensure design meets performance, power and timescale constraints.

• Manage the AMS design verification in terms of cost, methods and staffing and meet time scales as set by the program schedule.

• Mentor direct reports, giving appropriate guidance and support, and reviewing technical and behavioural performance regularly.

• Conduct appraisals, make remuneration decisions, proactively manage performance and drive development for team.

• Delegate project tasks appropriately, ensuring the entire team follows procedures and analog practices that are required by internal methodology guidelines.

• Represent team and input into corporate engineering processes, and methodology improvement discussions.

• Communicate company and team goals and ensure all team members identify the relationship between company strategy and their contribution.

• Make significant contribution into Renesas’s Analog verification strategy, through representation at group management meetings, customer reviews and cross-site initiatives.

• Keep abreast of industry developments, driving continual improvements within team through effective change management.

• Provide support and guidance to technical project leads, to ensure successful project execution.

• Responsible for continual personal and professional development for all team members.

• Ensure the entire team follows AMS design verification procedures and best practices that are required by internal guidelines as well as expected from any state-of-the-art technology leader in the industry.

• Any ad hoc tasks as deemed reasonable by your manager

  
  

Key Performance Measures:

• Develop the technical and non-technical skillset of the team, ensuring clear career development and progression. Demonstrate effective performance management.

• Ensure budget is appropriately managed and resource is utilised to maximise success of deliverables.

• Ensure high quality deliverables in project through effective leadership and risk management.

• Appropriate planning and delegation of tasks to ensure project timescales and quality expectations are met.

• Ensure impactful dissemination of knowledge across team.

• Driving strategic changes within analog function that positively impact the business - e.g., resource, cost and performance.

• Ensure effective team profiling, through succession planning, development and strategic talent acquisition.

• Demonstrate elements of Spirit of Renesas in all aspects of work

• Instils culture of innovation, professionalism, and collaboration throughout team.

  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• At least 10 years of experience design verification of analog and mixed-signal circuits and a minimum of 5 years managing and/or leading a team of verification engineers.

• Strong fundamentals in analog and mixed signal circuit concepts and topologies.

• Experience working with Cadence mixed signal verification environment.

• Ability to read analog schematics and extract related main functionality.

• Experience in modeling Analog/Mixed signal blocks including biasing networks, power regulators, bandgaps, OpAmps, OTA’s, comparators, Data Converters, Mixers, multiplexers, Switches, etc.

• Experience modeling power converters is desired.

• Working knowledge in UVM.

• Working knowledge in RNM coding in SystemVerilog.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• In-depth knowledge of organizational objectives, including business trends and market awareness.

• Strives for continual improvement in all aspects of work including policies and methodology.

• Mentor direct reports and review technical and individual performance regularly.

• Collaborating with Senior leadership to develop team objectives in accordance with wider company strategy.

• Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity

• Results-oriented and able to deliver on-time under tight schedule pressure.

• Flexible to undertake occasional international travel at short notice.

• Excellent command of verbal and written English

• Ability to propose innovative solutions.

• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills with high level knowledge & expertise in conflict management

• Good supervisory skill.

  
  

Qualifications:

• Degree level qualification in Electronics engineering or a related discipline typically required.

  
  

Key Relationships:

• VP of engineering

• AMS DV director

• Functional peer directors/managers

• Senior internal and external colleagues in area of own expertise

• Interaction with support function – e.g., HR / Facilities

• External interaction with Renesas Customers and suppliers

• Interaction with Business unit and PMO

  
  

Organization Chart:

• Reporting to: Director of AMS Design Verification

• Direct reports: AMS Design Verification Engineers