Principal Memory Controller Digital Design Engineer

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Salary: $150,000 - $225,000 per year

A bit about us:

Leading IC design company dedicated to providing high-performance, low-power IC solutions for cloud computing and data center markets. These products are designed for a variety of memory modules to enable high-speed, large-capacity, high-reliability and low-power memory solutions for high-performance computing.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful and growing organization with an amazing culture. Interested in learning more? Apply today!

Why join us?

• Hybrid work schedule
• Annual bonus
• Stock plan
• Competitive compensation
• Full suite of benefits
• Relocation assistance and/or sponsorship as needed

Job Details

We are looking for a Principal Digital Design Engineer with over 15 years of experience who will help architect and develop RTL for various products with the area of focus being DDR server-class memory controllers. The ideal candidate will have RTL to GDSII flow experience using industry standard tools. In addition, knowledge of embedded micro-controllers such as RISCV and I2C/I3C protocols are advantageous. You will work with other global team members in designing both building blocks for the various products, as well as designing the entire new product for the company.

Responsibilities:

• Mentor and lead cross-functional teams to architect, develop and debug digital and mixed signal circuits
• Design various logic & state machines in System Verilog/Verilog RTL
• Develop and debug RTL, using industry-standard simulation and synthesis tools, along with LEC, CDC, Lint, DFT and STA tools
• Provide PPA (Power, Performance, Area) and schedule estimates, as well as design specifications for the RTL
• Coordinate with Verification/AMS design teams to ensure proper operation and functional and code coverage
• Provide floor-planning and support integration of digital & analog circuits at top level
• Work in cooperation with the methodology and CAD teams

Job Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Must have 15 years of industry experience with deep understanding in the architecture definition of DDR4/5 server-class memory controllers
• Familiarity with ECC (SECDEC) and CRC
• Knowledge of JEDEC memory standards and CHI/AXI interconnect and bus protocols
• Experience in high speed and low power digital design in advanced deep sub-micron processes
• Understand how to obtain minimum latency and maximum bandwidth
• Understand the tradeoff with command placement and scheduling, can efficiently manage activate and pre-charge commands
• Proficient with System Verilog/Verilog RTL for both behavioral simulations and synthesis
• Proficient with Design Compiler and PrimeTime
• Programming/scripting know-how, e.g. Perl, Tcl and/or Python
• Experience with Linux
• Experience with embedded micro-controllers is beneficial

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