CPU Physical Design Implementation Engineer

CPU Physical Design Implementation Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in high-speed design, including implementation and PPA optimization leveraging industry-standard toolsets.
• Experience in one or more sign-off convergence in areas like STA electrical checks and physical verification domains.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Frontend and Architecture to drive architectural feasibility studies, identify power-performance-area tradeoffs for physical design closure.
• Drive block/IP physical design implementation and drive continuous PPA improvements through synthesis and PnR trials.
• Work with RTL designers to debug timing paths, leverage knowledge of design and physical design techniques to drive best implementation choices.
• Develop physical design methodologies by bringing the best out of industry standard EDA Tools and developing design customizations for excellent implementation.
• Work on signoff areas such as STA and Electrical Checks.
• Be a highly-valued member of the physical design team through excellent collaboration and teamwork with other physical design engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
• Experience in extraction of design parameters, QoR metrics, and analyzing data trends.
• Strong physical design background to analyze and resolve timing problems at a foundational level.
• Ability to use a multitude of physical techniques to implement broader solutions.
• Solid scripting and data mining skills.