Lead Physical Design Engineer CPU/AI
Location
Santa Clara, CA | United States
Job description
We are a 400+ person computer hardware manufacturer with locations across the world! This will be a full time role located in either of our US locations: Austin, TX / Santa Clara, CA / Ft. Collins, CO and will offer a hybrid work schedule.
What you will be doing:
- Leading physical design of high performance designs going into industry leading AI/ML architecture
- You'll be involved in all implementation aspects from synthesis to tapeout for various IPs on the chip
- Working closely with our front end team, understanding the chip architecture and ultimately driving physical aspects early in the design cycle
- Synthesis, PnR, timing closure, area improvement, floorplanning, clocking, I/O planning and power optimization
- Improving power, performance in the design area with RTL, evaluate synthesis, power results and timing
- Work with RTL designers to explore design options
Requirements:
- BS/MS/PhD in EE/ECE/CE/CS
- 5+ years working with PPA on high performance and low power designs
- Strong understanding of logic design fundamentals and gate/transistor level implementation
- Experience optimizing RTL for timing/power
- Block and chip level implementation
Bonus points:
- Low power design (power gating, multi-Vt, voltage scaling)
- Python/Shell/Perl/Tcl
- CPU knowledge or AI/ML Accelerator micro architecture
- Exposure to DFT
Benefits - Strong pay
- Huge room for career growth
- Full benefits
- Hybrid work schedule
- Opportunity to work in either location: Austin, TX / Santa Clara, CA / Ft. Collins, CO
Colorado employees will receive paid sick leave. For additional information about available benefits, please contact Bobby June
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred Skills
Physical Design
Chip Architecture
Low Power
RFL
Synthesis
Timing
Power
Voltage
Python
CPU
Job tags
Salary
$170k - $200k