CPU Physical Design Engineer (Austin)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2 years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
• 2 years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C ), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).
• 2 years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).
• 2 years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification.
• 2 years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.
• 2 years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.
• 1 year experience working in a large matrixed organization.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Applies knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify high performance and low power CPU designs.
• Anticipates, identifies, and solves problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance.
• Collaborates across teams to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals.
• Evaluates the design process from conceptualization to productization (i.e., architecture definition, feasibility, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation) that meet customer and industry standards.
• Writes detailed technical documentation (e.g., feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details, etc.) for CPU designs.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.
• Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Note: We have multiple positions open at different job levels. Based on experience and background, the job level will be decided.

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