ASIC SoC Architect

Life is Short. Solve Hard Problems with Cool People. Idaho Scientific is the Goldilocks of the spirit and growth of a startup, with a financial footing and safety of a stable corporation. The perks of working at Idaho Scientific include all the benefits you'd expect from an employer who prioritizes a balanced human experience: Competitive Pay, Flexible Work Schedule, Health Benefits and Insurance, Retirement fund contributions, Profit Sharing, and a Generous Paid Time Off Policy. Idaho Scientific designs and deploys secure system solutions through novel CPU design, crypto cores, purpose-built system-on-a-chip architectures, and hardened operating systems. Our solutions are the foundation for how military systems and US critical infrastructure will remain safe and secure through unpredictable operating environments of the future. We need smart people like you to join us in solving hard problems that matter. As the technical lead of a cross-functional team (hardware engineering, software developers, verification engineers), you will define, design, simulate, fabricate, and iterate a RISC-V Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) System on a Chip (SoC) product for defense and commercial applications based on Idaho Scientific's Helios secure RISC-V CPU. The RTL already exists - the major task is transferring that capability to a functioning, production-ready ASIC. Tasks ahead will follow the latest industry-standard design methodologies to finalize the RTL code, synthesis, place-and-route, and verification. You will be the primary technical interface with pilot customers, the internal engineering team, and external subcontracted specialists to define and document product features, use cases, and functional requirements. Your responsibilities will include finalizing and maintaining the microarchitecture definition and associated documentation (complete ASIC specification, requirements, and verification plan), including performance, I/O, power consumption, area utilization, recurring cost, and security functionality. Additionally, you will develop and oversee the implementation of a comprehensive verification strategy including testbench development, functional verification, and performance verification, ensuring the verification team has adequate coverage and the highest probability of first-pass success. You will continuously evaluate new ASIC technologies and design methodologies for possible incorporation into the design, prioritize and schedule a product roadmap that defines the inclusion of technical features to align with market needs and competitive advantage, and decompose the product plan into actionable and trackable tasks, including design reviews and demonstrations that the team can execute. Finally, you will identify strategic partners to assist in the development, marketing, and sustainment of the product to augment internal capabilities.