Principal Architecture Engineer
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Job Description:
What you will do:
Design High-Performance Out-of-Order Core Pipelines:
The core microarchitect will be responsible for the microarchitecture of various aspects of our high-performance out-of-order core microarchitecture
The core microarchitect will be responsible for the microarchitecture of various aspects of our high-performance cluster that might incorporate these high-performance cores
The core microarchitect will be responsible for ensuring that the core pipeline can work well with the rest of the customers’ SoC
The core microarchitect will have the opportunity to work with a team of microarchitects, SoC architects, and performance architects in developing the microarchitecture of the core pipeline
Interface with customers to tailor core pipelines to their needs
The core microarchitect will have a chance to work directly with customers (which include Fortune 500 companies as well as prominent, innovative startups) to brainstorm and troubleshoot various aspects of the core microarchitecture
What You Should Know:
8+ years experience in core microarchitecture design experience for various components of a processor chip, such as cores & multicore.
Familiar with advanced CPU architectures and pipelines
Has experience in SoC design flow, including spec definition, microarchitecture design, and performance modeling.
You should be familiar with the basics of interconnection network design, including deadlock and livelock avoidance.
You should be familiar with AXI/AMBA protocols
You should be familiar with some of the SoC components, such as PCIe, DDR, peripherals, interrupt architectures, IOMMUs, and other related IPs.
You should be familiar with memory coherence, consistency, and ordering
Basic understanding of RTL design & SoC tool flows;
Basic understanding of foundry lib, IP, and process technology limitation
Basic understanding of RTOSes and Linux OSes.
Compensation Range:
Additional Information:
This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in
United States of AmericaAny offer of employment for this position is also contingent on the Company verifying that you are a authorized for access to export-controlled technology under applicable export control laws or, if you are not already authorized, our ability to successfully obtain any necessary export license(s) or other approvals.
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