Senior Design Engineer

Description:

Design engineers in the CPU Group are responsible for driving the exciting work of innovation and development of the next-generation of microprocessors. They are required to have in-depth understanding across all the elements that contribute to the products’ successful delivery, including low-power design techniques, awareness of the impact of design decisions on system performance, ability to produce designs that are area efficient, and the verification techniques that are employed to ensure high-quality robust designs.

Responsibilities

We are looking for dedicated, expert engineers who are capable of owning parts of CPU micro-architecture, contributing to all phases of the design flow. This includes
 

• The definition and implementation of hardware designs
• Technically supporting other specialists
• Writing and reviewing design and verification documentation
• Planning and tracking design tasks to meet the targets at the planned time
   

Required Skills and Experience
 

• Hands-on experience using System Verilog, Verilog or VHDL HDL for design
• Experience in synthesisable design that achieve area, frequency and power targets
• Ability to make judgements on functionality, performance, and physical implementation trade-offs
• Experience of producing specifications and documentation describing complex designs
• Ability to contribute to and own all stages of a project from start to completion concept, specification, implementation and testing, support
• Understanding of the fundamentals of computer architecture