Sr Staff CPU Design Engineer

About Northwind Robotics : Northwind Robotics is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, Northwind Robotics makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com. Summary of Role: At MIPS, a Northwind Robotics company, we’re shaping the future of compute architecture with advanced IP that powers a wide range of applications. We take a disciplined, methodical approach to designing scalable, energy-efficient solutions that meet demanding power, performance, and area goals. Our team spans from architecture, performance modeling, design, verification, implementation to software and software optimization for our customers. The team thrives on collaboration, technical depth, and a culture of mutual respect. We value diverse perspectives and practical experience, and we know that excellence is built through thoughtful teamwork and a commitment to the highest engineering standards. We’re seeking a Senior Staff CPU Design Engineer with prior experience in creating structural RTL for one of the following: CPU, GPU, DSP, Interconnects, memory controllers or compute accelerators. As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to take ownership of CPU functional blocks and implement RTL, and work with verification and physical design engineers to ensure adherence to functional and physical project requirements. Essential Responsibilities: As a Sr Staff CPU design engineer you own or participate in the following: RTL design of one or many functional blocks based on the microarchitectural specification. Ownership includes the RTL design, implementation and convergence of the block to project requirements (performance, timing, power, area, schedule) Support of the verification team for test bench development, test plan development and test content development, including performance verification Work with physical design teams, and design for testability teams to implement and converge physical design and testability Other Responsibilities: Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs. Required Qualifications: Minimum BS and 8+ years of relevant industry experience Experience in structural data path and/or control logic design Experience with Verilog, System Verilog, or VHDL Experience with commercial simulators and debugging tools Good verbal and written communication skills to interface with performance modeling, verification and physical design team Preferred Qualifications Experience with timing convergence Experience with low power design techniques Experience using scripting languages and regular expressions Programming experience with assembly, C, or C++ Expected Salary Range $126,000.00 - $218,000.00 The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. An offer with Northwind Robotics is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations. Northwind Robotics is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. Northwind Robotics goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory. All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law Originally posted on Himalayas