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Baidu USA

CPU Design Architect / Principal Digital Design Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 22, 2022

Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Experience
At least 5 years; 8+ years preferred.
Education
Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.

About the job

Design and integrate a high-performance, low-power, small-area MIPS CPU subsystem for a cellular modem, including architecture research and development of CPU performance features.

What you'll do

  • Develop and integrate the MIPS CPU subsystem.
  • Research new CPU architecture directions and identify performance bottlenecks through workload analysis.
  • Derive and model CPU architecture and microarchitecture trade-offs, contributing ideas through to silicon.

What they ask for

  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.
  • At least 5 years of CPU-related architecture, RTL, verification, or implementation design experience.
  • Knowledge and practical experience with common RISC CPU architecture.
  • Familiarity with chip digital design flow, including RTL integration, simulation, and STA.

Nice to have

  • PhD in a relevant field; 8+ years of CPU-related design experience.
  • Experience with SMP and snoop-based multiprocessor architecture, synthesis, power analysis, or post-silicon debugging.

Tools

MIPS, RISC, RTL, STA, SMP, FPGA, DVT, SLT

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