Performs physical design implementation of custom CPU designs from RTL to GDS to create a design database that is ready for manufacturing.
Conducts all aspects of the CPU physical design flow including synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floor planning, static timing analysis, power/clock distribution, reliability, and power and noise analysis.
Conduct verification and signoff including formal equivalence verification, static timing analysis, reliability verification, static and dynamic power integrity, layout verification, electrical rule checking, and structural design checking.
Analyzes results and makes recommendations to improve current and future CPU microarchitectures closely collaborating with logic, circuit, architecture, and design automation teams.
Possesses CPU specific expertise in various aspects of structural and physical design, including physical clock design, timing closure, coverage analysis, multiple power domain analysis, structured placement, routing, synthesis, and DFT.
Works intimately with industry EDA vendors to build and enhance tool capabilities to design a high-speed, low-power synthesizable CPU.
Optimizes CPU design to improve product level parameters such as power, frequency, and area.
Participates in the development and improvement of physical design methodologies and flow automation.

Requirements

Bachelors’ degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience -OR- Master Degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related field 6+ years of relevant experience - OR- PhD Degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related field 5+ years of relevant experience
Must have experience in some or most of the following: Synthesis, Placement (PnR), Routing, CTS (clocks), Post-Route Optimization, Verification and Sign-off, PrimeTime, Timing ECOs
Strongly prefer individuals who have gone through multiple Tape-in Cycles and contribute as a senior member of the team.
Experience in physical design EDA tools, Perl and Tcl Programming, Low power and high performance design principals, familiarity with Verilog and CPU architecture.

Benefits

competitive pay
stock bonuses
health
retirement
vacation

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills

physical design implementationsynthesisplace and routeclock tree synthesisstatic timing analysispower distributionreliability verificationDFTlow power designhigh performance design

Soft skills

collaborationrecommendation analysisteam contribution