Physical Design Engineer

SiFive • Austin, TX

23h

About The Position

As a Physical Design Engineer in the Implementation team, you will contribute to the development of industry-leading CPU IPs and subsystems to support the SiFive vision of enabling chip design by anyone. We are looking for people who are as excited as we are about working in a fast-paced dynamic environment to bring new hardware IP to market quickly, with high quality and exceptional performance.

Requirements

• physical implementation experience with multiple tape outs in a wide range of technologies;
• Experience with CPU implementation and advanced process nodes (7nm and below) is strongly preferred;
• Expertise in aggressive PPA optimization through physical design techniques
• Understanding of logic design and CPU architecture is a strong plus
• Attention to detail and a focus on high-quality design.
• Ability to work well with others and a belief that engineering is a team sport.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of logic design and CPU architecture is a strong plus

Responsibilities

• Implementing and optimizing our broad portfolio of RISC-V CPU's from RTL to GDSII.
• Closing ambitious performance, power, and area (PPA) goals at block and/or CPU level.
• Collaborating with the microarchitecture and RTL teams to optimize PPA trade offs.
• Contributing to physical implementation flow development to drive best-in-class automation and PPA.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees