NUVACORE
CPU Micro-Architect / RTL (Lead & IC Engineers)
$140K–$300K
Austin, TX +3 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Santa Clara, CA
Canada
Remote - Experience
- 15+ years for leads; 7+ years for IC engineers.
- Education
- BS or MS
About the job
Design and refine CPU microarchitecture and RTL for a general-purpose processor, working across performance, verification, and physical design to meet power, performance, and area goals.
What you'll do
- Develop CPU microarchitecture and detailed specifications in collaboration with the performance modeling team.
- Write and refine RTL, and support verification through testbench development, formal methods, and simulation or emulation.
- Explore and correlate performance strategies, and work with physical design engineers to improve timing, power, area, DFT, and reliability.
What they ask for
- BS or MS and 15+ years of high-performance, low-power CPU design experience for leads, or 7+ years for IC engineers.
- Experience coding in Verilog, debugging, and simulation.
- Solid understanding of logic and physical design and their impacts on timing, power, and area.
- Experience with RISC-V, ARM64, or x86 ISA and their impacts on CPU microarchitectural choices.
Nice to have
- Experience driving modern AI Tools to assist in RTL coding.
Pay
USD 140,000–300,000 (per-year-salary)
Tools
Verilog, RISC-V, ARM64, x86
AI focus
The role may use modern AI Tools to assist in RTL coding; this is listed as a preferred qualification.
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