Director Physical design
SiFive
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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.
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Job Description:
Responsibilities
Implementing and optimizing our broad portfolio of RISC-V IPs 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.
Debug and resolve physical design issues of SiFive's RISC-V IPs for pre- and post-sales customers
Improve and enhance the customer experience of physical design implementation using foundation flows of major EDA vendors
Generate high quality PPA (Power, Performance and Area) collaterals for broad portfolio of SiFive CPU IP and participate in PPA benchmarking for customer designs
Work closely with the RM (Release Management) team to ensure the physical design quality of the different designs delivered to customers and drive necessary automation around it
Automate the generation, data extraction/analysis and management of PPA collaterals
Collaborate with physical design flow development teams to drive best-in-class automation and PPA
Work closely with EDA vendors to develop out of box solutions
Requirements
10+ years of physical implementation experience with multiple tape outs in a wide range of technologies; Experience with CPU implementation and advanced process nodes is strongly preferred
Expertise in aggressive PPA optimization through physical design techniques
Understanding of logic design, CPU subsystem, FUSA architecture is a strong plus
Working experience on a customer-facing role is strongly preferred
Experience in one or more aspects of PD such as sign-off (PnR, timing), physical verification, IR/EM is strongly preferred
Expertise on creating large scale automation to support variety of customers and internal teams is strongly preferred
Attention to detail and a focus on high-quality deliverable
Ability to work well with others and a belief that engineering is a team sport.
Compensation Range:
$208,725-$287,375
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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