CPU Physical Design Engineer

As a CPU Physical Design Engineer, you will work with microarchitecture and RTL design team to implement the designs meeting aggressive power, area and performance goals using industry standard tools/flows.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Work with CPU microarchitecture team to understand specifications and design trade offs in pipeline and structure sizing.
• Perform feasibilities to validate implementability, area, timing and power. 
• Synthesize the Verilog RTL into gate level designs and perform optimizations.
• Perform SynthPlace & Route on the designs using industry standard tools and deliver GDS.
• Optimize the design at various stages from RTL to GDS to meet timing, power and area goals. 
• Validate the designs for functional and electrical robustness.

​​Preferred qualifications         

•  Knowledge of CPU microarchitecture.
•  Experience in deep submicron process technology nodes is strongly preferred.
•  Knowledge of library cells and optimizations.
•  Solid understanding industry standard tools for synthesis, place & route and tapeout flows.
•  Experience with Synthesis, place and route and signoff  timing/power analysis.
•  Knowledge of high performance and low power implementation methods
•  Knowledge of CPU microarchitecture, logic design and circuits

Physical Requirements

•  Frequently transports between offices, buildings, and campuses up to ½ mile.
•  Frequently transports and installs equipment up to 5 lbs.
•  Performs required tasks at various heights (e.g., standing or sitting).
•  Monitors and utilizes computers and test equipment for more than 6 hours a day.
•  Continuous communication which includes the comprehension of information with colleagues, customers, and vendors both in person and remotely.