Asic Design Engineer
Posted 4 Aug 2022
Advertised as “Sr. Staff ASIC Design Engineer ”
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- Expected experience
- 10+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
No salary listed for this role.
About Tensordyne:
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our world. It can perform cognitive functions that previously only humans could do, such as perceiving interactions across different environments with the ability to quickly learn and then solve complex problems. Tensordyne is a system solution company that specializes in the design of industry-leading high-performance, low-power AI inferencing. Our mission is to enable multimodal Generative AI inference acceleration at scale by providing safe, sustainable, high-performance AI-driven solutions for many markets. We are at the leading edge of advancing the latest research and product improvements for Al inference solutions that will make Al even more advantageous for compelling new applications. Tensordyne is a well funded, fast-paced startup company with headquarters in both Sunnyvale, CA, and Munich, Germany. We also have many talented team members working remotely. We prioritize our employees' well-being and their families, aiming for a healthier, happier life inside and outside work. We value their contributions and offer tailored benefits for health and financial security, catering to different life stages. Our comprehensive benefits and competitive compensation, including flexible spending and Bonusly awards, reflect our commitment to a supportive and inspiring work environment.
About the role: As a Sr. member of Tensordyne’s ASIC team, you will be responsible for the microarchitecture and design implementation of high-performance AI ASICs. These ASICs closely couple novel computational accelerator units, compute, interconnects, networking and 3rd-party IP blocks as needed to redefine the next generation of tokenomics for inference. Responsibilities:
- Author micro-architecture specifications and participate in specification and test plan reviews.
- Architect and implement complex RTL designs.
- Scope third party IP requirements and solicit vendors.
- Integrate CPU and other relevant IPs into the CPU sub-system.
- Collaborate with the physical design team to resolve implementation and timing issues and to optimize power.
- Analyze code coverage and provide feedback to the verification team to achieve coverage closure.
- Perform diagnostic and post-silicon validation tests, as well as assist with software bring-up in the lab.
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years of ASIC design experience with a demonstrable track record of RTL logic design in multi-million gate ASICs with Verilog or System Verilog.
- Experience in IP integration, specifically CPU IP into SoC.
- Knowledge of ARM/RISC-V/MIPS Architectures, Memory hierarchy, Cache coherency, Virtual memory, Multicore CPU operation