CPU Server Physical Design Engineer

•    Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

•    6+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
•    6+ years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).
•    6+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).

•    6+ years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification.

•    6+ years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.

•    6+ years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.

•    2+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization.

•    1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Leverages advanced knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify high performance and low power CPU designs.

•    Anticipates, identifies, and solves complex problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance. 

•    Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals.

•    Evaluates the design process from conceptualization to productization (i.e., architecture definition, feasibility, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation) that meet customer and industry standards.  

•    Writes detailed technical documentation (e.g., feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details, etc.) for complex CPU designs.

Level of Responsibility:

•    Works independently with minimal supervision.

•    Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
•    Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.
•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc. 

•    Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.

•    Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.