CPU Circuit Memory Design Engineer

Location: Austin, Texas, United States; hybrid work model with time split between the assigned hirify.global site and off-site work

Annual salary: $141,910–$200,340 USD

Company

hirify.global develops processors, embedded memory technologies, and silicon platforms for CPUs, SoCs, and AI-driven computing.

What you will do

• Design, simulate, characterize, and optimize custom and compiler-based embedded memory solutions, including SRAMs, caches, register files, and ROMs.
• Develop cache circuits, critical-path simulations, custom blocks, memory arrays, and memory IP within stringent power, performance, and area constraints.
• Design memory bit-cells and complex peripheral IC circuits, including automation for memory design workflows.
• Perform memory path-finding and power, performance, and area optimization for advanced process technologies.
• Define methodologies and execute project schedules while collaborating with architecture, circuit design, physical design, process technology, and validation teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a STEM-related field with 4+ years of relevant experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 2+ years or a PhD with 1 year of relevant experience.
• Experience with CMOS circuit design, digital logic optimization, and power, performance, and area trade-offs.
• Experience with VLSI circuits and design methodologies.
• Ability to work in the Austin, Texas hybrid model, combining on-site and off-site work.

Nice to have

• Experience with low-power implementation techniques and memory design.
• Familiarity with circuit and layout trade-offs for optimized designs.
• Knowledge of EBB design tools, flows, methodologies, and signal integrity analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with architecture, design, layout, process, and validation teams on CPU and SoC technologies.
• Health, retirement, and vacation benefits.
• Competitive pay and stock bonuses.
• Opportunities to work on next-generation CPU and AI-platform memory technologies.