SOC Architect

SiFive•Santa Clara, CA

21h

About The Position

About SiFive As the pioneers who introduced RISC-V to the world, SiFive is transforming the future of compute by bringing the limitless potential of RISC-V to the highest performance and most data-intensive applications in the world. SiFive’s unrivaled compute platforms are continuing to enable leading technology companies around the world to innovate, optimize and deliver the most advanced solutions of tomorrow across every market segment of chip design, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive, data center, mobile, and consumer. With SiFive, the future of RISC-V has no limits. At SiFive, we are always excited to connect with talented individuals, who are just as passionate about driving innovation and changing the world as we are. Our constant innovation and ongoing success is down to our amazing teams of incredibly talented people, who collaborate and support each other to come up with truly groundbreaking ideas and solutions. Solutions that will have a huge impact on people's lives; making the world a better place, one processor at a time. Are you ready? To learn more about SiFive’s phenomenal success and to see why we have won the GSA’s prestigious Most Respected Private Company Award (for the fourth time!), check out our website and Glassdoor pages. Job Description: The Role: SiFive, a leader in RISC-V CPU IPs, is looking for an experienced leader in helping SiFive to research and develop next generation high performance SoC. The SoC architect will guide the team to develop system IPs such as IOMMU, interrupt controllers, memory controllers and a wide variety of IPs to be used in datacenter and networking SoCs . He will also be deeply involved in the platform security and will help to develop groundbreaking new security features.

Requirements

MS or PhD in Computer Science / Computer Architecture
10+ years of experience in SoC architecture
5+ years involved in the engineering team to deliver HW products.
Has experience in SoC design flow, including spec definition, microarchitecture design, and performance modeling.
Knowledgeable in CPU architectures, power management and SoC design.
Deep understanding in platform hardware, operating systems, device drivers and firmware interactions.

Responsibilities

Define features
Architect system IPs like IOMMU and system level solutions.
Define the platform security requirements and define the architecture of the needed security features.
Work with Product Management, Product Architect to define architecture / product specifications
Design and carry out experiments to research and develop architecture / micro-architecture features
Work with the design team to implement and deliver system IPs
Interface with customers
The SoC architect will have a chance to interact directly with customers to understand their needs, use cases and to help resolve their concerns/issues.
Interface with RVIA
The SoC architect will participate in various SIG/TG/HC related to the system architecture.