Senior Digital IP Design Manager

Job Description Job Summary: Sr/ Digital IP Design Manager

 

Location: Bangalore, India

Company: onsemi

 

Role Overview onsemi is seeking a Digital IP Design Manager to manage the design of digital datapath and subsystem IP for next-generation CMOS image sensors and the onsemi Treo platform. This role will manage a talented sub-team of digital design engineers, drive technical execution, and help shape the future of scalable, automotive ‑ grade digital IP design.

 

The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on digital design expertise with necessary experience of people leadership, and a forward-looking mindset, including curiosity around how AI and automation can improve digital design productivity and cycle time.

 

Responsibilities Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership

 

Lead the design of digital datapath IP and modules for CMOS image sensors, including high ‑ performance, low ‑ power pipelines.

Drive development of core platform digital-on-top and subsystem IP for the onsemi Treo platform.

Ensure IP meets automotive quality, safety, and reliability requirements (e.g., robustness, configurability, reuse).

Partner closely with architecture, DV, PD, analog, mixed-signal, system, full-chip integration, firmware, and software teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. 

Provide technical guidance on RTL quality, low-power design, clocking/reset strategies, and design-for-test to design engineers.

Participate in technical reviews, risk assessment, and post-silicon learning.

Team & People Management

 

Lead and mentor talented digital IP designers.

Bring quality, flow and schedule focus to the team.

Foster collaboration, accountability, innovation and continuous improvement.

Innovation & Productivity

 

Stay curious and engaged with emerging trends, especially AI/ML-driven approaches to:

RTL generation and review

Integration and Si debug productivity

Design-space exploration

Champion adoption of tools and processes that reduce cycle time and improve first-time-right outcomes

Responsibilities for Internal Candidates 

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications

 

Experience with CMOS image sensor digital pipelines or imaging-related IP.

Familiarity with platform or subsystem-level IP development.

Exposure to functional safety concepts relevant to automotive products.

Experience driving or adopting EDA automation, scripting, or AI-assisted workflows.

Prior experience scaling or building a new team.

Qualifications for Internal Candidates    

Qualifications Required Qualifications

 

15+ years of overall experience in digital IC design.

5+ years of proven people management or technical leadership experience.

Strong background in digital IP or SoC development.

Experience working on Automotive IP or automotive semiconductor products.

Hands-on experience with:

RTL design (SystemVerilog / Verilog)

Low-power design techniques

IP reuse and configurability

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts.

Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across teams and geographies.