Engineer II - Software (System Architect)

Microchip Technology Inc. • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you. Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await! Job Description: Microchip Technology FPGA Business group is seeking a highly skilled System Architect to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance IP integrations into our FPGA products, that meet market & customer requirements across a broad range of application spaces. This position is in the Silicon Architecture team of Microchip’s FPGA Division. Microchip is a major supplier of low-power and highly-reliable field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Our FPGAs are used in a wide variety of applications, including embedded vision; digital signal processing; machine learning; industrial and medical equipment; and satellites. Microchip is also a pioneer in embedding RISC-V processors in FPGAs. The successful applicant will work as part a core team to develop future FPGA device products and will collaborate with other engineering disciplines to model, develop, verify, and integrate various system components such as IO, hard IP blocks, hard & soft IP solutions, system clocking that interoperate with overall configuration and security features to deliver performant FPGA products.

Requirements

• Bachelor/Masters/PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Statistics or Physics.
• 0-3 years' relevant research or work experience in programmable architectures, applications implementation, or other relevant experience.
• Practical experience in ASIC & FPGA IP development, integration, and deployment, including all stages of development from Synthesis, constraint management, place & route, floor planning, timing closure, CDC/RDC demonstrated in research projects, prior work or internships.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with other architects, designers, and back-end implementation teams

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge and experience with system-level performance modeling in TLM/SystemC/Other
• Experience in technical leadership and people management
• Knowledge and experience with Synopsys & Cadence ASIC flows
• Scripting for EDA in Perl, Python, Tcl

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance IP integrations into Microchip FPGA products
• Work on ASIC & FPGA IP development, integration, and deployment for components such as PCIe, CXL, DDR, NOC, High Speed Serial Transceivers, High Performance Parallel IO interfaces, eNVM, eSRAM, configuration subsystem etc.
• Understand customer use models and the role of IP in overall system architecture
• Work cross-functionally with other architects, designers, and back-end implementation teams

Benefits

• We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry.
• It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments.
• In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature.
• Find more information about all our benefits at the link below: Benefits of working at Microchip

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees