CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

What you'll do

• Develop microarchitecture specifications from high-level architectural exploration through detailed research.
• Own and refine RTL features to meet specific power, performance, area, and timing goals.
• Support test bench development and simulation for functional and performance verification.
• Explore high-performance strategies and validate that the RTL design meets target metrics.
• Implement and validate physical design aspects including timing, area, reliability, testability, and power.
• Develop RTL for next-generation CPUs targeted at low-power mobile devices.

What we're looking for

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree.
• Experience with either Verilog or VHDL.
• Experience with microprocessor architecture (preferred).
• Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools such as Verdi (preferred).
• Knowledge of logic design principles (preferred).
• Understanding of timing, power, and area tradeoffs in CPU microarchitecture (preferred).
• Understanding of low power and high performance microarchitecture techniques (preferred).
• Experience using an interpretive language such as Perl or Python (preferred).