CPU Cores Physical Design Engineer

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THE ROLE: Join our cutting-edge physical design team focused on high-performance CPU cores. In this role, you will take ownership of a portion of the core, beginning with synthesis and driving the design through place and route to final signoff. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including CAD, DFT, and Architecture—to optimize critical timing paths and ensure the design meets stringent performance, power, and area targets.

THE PERSON: You are a self-driven engineer with a passion for innovation and continuous learning. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are eager to make a meaningful impact on next-generation CPU designs. If this sounds like you, we’d love to have you on our team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Apply knowledge of VLSI logic and transistor-level design principles, CAD tools, and physical design methodologies across functional domains (e.g., clocks, standard cell libraries, synthesis, place and route, electrical analysis).
• Support innovation in design implementation, identifying and executing tradeoffs for improved power efficiency and performance.
• Leverage AI and data visualization principles to enhance physical design methodology and workflow

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong foundation in Systems & SoC architecture, with expertise in one or more of the following: CPU or GPU, Memory sub-system, Fabrics, CPU/GPU coherency, Multimedia, I/O subsystems, Clocks, Resets, Virtualization and Security
• Experience analyzing CPU, GPU or System-level Micro-Architectural features to identify performance bottlenecks within different workloads
• Demonstrated expertise in power management microarchitecture, low power design and power optimization, along with power impact at architecture, logic design, and circuit levels
• Excellent communication, management, and presentation skills

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS or MS in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering

LOCATION:

Fishkill, NY

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