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The Senior Software Engineer — RISC-V Instruction Set Simulator (Simulator Engineer) joins the CPU Engineering team to develop a high-performance, production-grade RISC-V Instruction Set Simulator. This role serves as a golden reference model for next-generation 64-bit RISC-V processors, driving co-simulation against RTL and powering random test generation. You will translate RISC-V specification chapters into C++ code, covering integer, floating-point, vector, and security extensions. Daily tasks include maintaining the fetch, decode, and execute engines, managing memory protection, and developing unit tests to ensure simulation correctness. The role requires proficiency in C++, processor architecture, and systems programming. You will solve complex problems at the intersection of computer architecture and verification engineering, ensuring the simulator remains a fast, accurate platform for developing pre-silicon firmware and running long-running benchmarks.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Python
RISC-V
ISS
RTL Verification
ELF
JIT
Virtual Memory
Compiler Development
Hardware-Software Co-design
constraint-propagation
x86
ARM
Sv39
Sv48
PMP
IMSIC