CPU Design Architect / Principal Digital Design Engineer

• Job Description:
• Design cost effective controller with high performance, low power and small area for cellular modem. This position will work with multi-nation teams in leading-edge process node and be involved in:
• - Perform CPU development and design integration for MIPS CPU subsystem.
• - Explore latest technologies and be responsible for conducting fundamental research on new directions in CPU architecture
• - Contribute ideas for advanced CPU performance features - analyze workloads in details, identify performance bottlenecks and opportunities, bring a data driven approach to tradeoffs in CPU design, derive architecture and micro-architecture to design/model implantation team, and bring ideas to successful silicon

• Minimum Qualifications:
• - Master Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• - At least 5 years of CPU related Architect/RTL/Verification/Implementation design experience
• - Knowledge and practical experience with common RISC CPU architecture.
• - Familiarity with chip digital design flow, including RTL integration, simulation, STA.
• - Understanding of high performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
• - Ability to problem solve and prove own ideas

• Preferred Qualifications:
• - PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering is a PLUS
• - 8+ years of CPU related Architect/RTL/Verification/Implementation design experience
• - Strong CPU architecture knowledge and micro-architecture knowledge
• - Familiarity with Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP) and Snoop-based multi-processor architecture.
• - Familiarity with synthesis, power analysis and post silicon debugging
• - Cross-site working experience is a PLUS.
• - Common knowledge in modeling/DV/OS is a PLUS.
• - Experience with Foundry, Post-Silicon, FPGA, DVT, SLT debug is a PLUS.

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