CPU Design Architect / Principal Digital Design Engineer

Role Summary

Design cost effective controller with high performance, low power and small area for cellular modem. This position will work with multi-nation teams in leading-edge process node and be involved in:

• Perform CPU development and design integration for MIPS CPU subsystem.
• Explore latest technologies and be responsible for conducting fundamental research on new directions in CPU architecture
• Contribute ideas for advanced CPU performance features - analyze workloads in details, identify performance bottlenecks and opportunities, bring a data driven approach to tradeoffs in CPU design, derive architecture and micro-architecture to design/model implantation team, and bring ideas to successful silicon

Requirements

• Master Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• At least 5 years of CPU related Architect/RTL/Verification/Implementation design experience
• Knowledge and practical experience with common RISC CPU architecture.
• Familiarity with chip digital design flow, including RTL integration, simulation, STA.
• Understanding of high performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
• Ability to problem solve and prove own ideas

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering is a PLUS
• 8+ years of CPU related Architect/RTL/Verification/Implementation design experience
• Strong CPU architecture knowledge and micro-architecture knowledge
• Familiarity with Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP) and Snoop-based multi-processor architecture.
• Familiarity with synthesis, power analysis and post silicon debugging
• Cross-site working experience is a PLUS.
• Common knowledge in modeling/DV/OS is a PLUS.
• Experience with Foundry, Post-Silicon, FPGA, DVT, SLT debug is a PLUS.