NUVACORE
CPU Custom Circuit Lead
$200K–$300K
Austin, TX +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Santa Clara, CA - Experience
- 12+ years in custom memory circuit design.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD degree.
About the job
Leads a team designing, implementing, characterizing, and signing off custom SRAM and register-file memory IP for a high-performance CPU, with a focus on meeting PPA targets.
What you'll do
- Lead development and optimization of custom SRAMs and register files, including schematic design, characterization, layout, and physical design verification.
- Manage end-to-end memory IP signoff across verification, extraction, and timing, power, and noise characterization.
- Partner with foundry, CAD, physical design, RTL, and DFT teams on process benchmarking, testchip validation, memory specifications, and design flows.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or PhD degree and 12+ years of experience in custom memory circuit design.
- Hands-on transistor-level design experience with logic and memory arrays in advanced CMOS nodes.
- Deep knowledge of SPICE simulations, memory circuit margins, and industry-standard EDA tools for custom memory workflows.
- Track record delivering production-level custom memory IP through tape-out with silicon-validated PPA; expertise in memory signoff, STA, and Liberty/CCS model development.
Nice to have
- Experience managing engineers and providing technical leadership; broad embedded-memory design-flow experience.
- Python, Perl, or TCL automation experience, or experience using Agentic AI tools for productivity and automation.
Pay
USD 200,000–300,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
SPICE, DRC/LVS/antenna, Liberty/CCS, STA, Python, Perl, TCL
AI focus
Experience using Agentic AI tools for productivity and automation is preferred.
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