CPU Design Architect / Principal Digital Design Engineer

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States

Company

hirify.global.

What you will do

• Design cost-effective CPU controllers for cellular modems with high performance, low power consumption, and small area.
• Perform CPU development and design integration for a MIPS CPU subsystem.
• Research new directions in CPU architecture and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Analyze workloads, identify performance bottlenecks, and assess CPU design trade-offs using data-driven methods.
• Derive CPU architecture and microarchitecture concepts for modeling, implementation, and successful silicon delivery.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.
• At least 5 years of CPU-related architecture, RTL, verification, or implementation design experience.
• Knowledge and practical experience with common RISC CPU architectures.
• Familiarity with digital chip design flows, including RTL integration, simulation, and static timing analysis.
• Understanding of high-performance CPU techniques and microarchitecture trade-offs.
• Ability to solve problems and validate original ideas.

Nice to have

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.
• 8+ years of CPU-related architecture, RTL, verification, or implementation design experience.
• Experience with symmetric multiprocessing, snoop-based multiprocessor architectures, synthesis, power analysis, and post-silicon debugging.
• Cross-site working experience and knowledge of modeling, design verification, and operating systems.
• Experience with foundry, post-silicon, FPGA, DVT, or SLT debugging.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborate with multinational teams.
• Work with leading-edge process nodes.