NoC ( RTL) Design - PE / Director

General Summary:

Design Engineer (18+ years of experience)

SoC Interconnect for the next generation System-on-chip (SoC) for smartphones, notebooks, smart glasses, tablets and other product categories. This position includes but no limited to:-

NoC design lead and is part of BDC infrastructure (NoC/Interconnect) core team

Responsible for specification, design and implementation of interconnect and related IPs

Actively work with SoC team, verification team, physical design team, SoC Floorplan, core teams and various other interconnect teams in various other sites

Partner with SoC performance team ensuring Interconnect meeting all performance requirement, and with silicon validation team to co-relate pre-silicon and post silicon design assumptions

Responsible for micro-architecting all relevant debug hooks in NoC Infrastructure to help root cause silicon issues

Looks beyond existing methodologies and own discipline to define and resolve complex problems

Manages large, potentially diverse teams of managers and/or senior professionals

Provides input to functional or departmental strategy

Create an impact on product competitiveness, roadmap and business objectives through Design/DV/Problem Solving

Lead by example on customer problem solving related to NoC/Interconnect

Minimum Qualifications:

18+ years of solid experience in IP/SoC design and micro-architecture

Understanding of interconnect protocols like CHI/AHB/AXI/ACE/ACE-Lite/NoC concepts

Good knowledge of Digital Design and RTL development

Hands-on experience with SoC Design, Verilog RTL coding

Understanding of multi-core ARMv8/v9 CPU architecture, coherency protocols and virtualization.

Working knowledge of Synthesis, DC/DCG synthesis with Synopsys design complier, DFT, verification, formal verification, silicon debug

Working knowledge of Lint, CDC, PLDRC, CLP etc

Good understanding of the design convergence cycle in terms of architecture, micro-architecture, synthesis, timing closure and verification

Manage SoC dependencies, planning and tracking of all front-end design related tasks

Driving project milestones across the design, verification and physical implementations

Should possess effective communication and leadership skills

Minimum requirement is Bachelor of Engineering however preferred is Masters of Engineering in Computer Science or Computer Engineering. PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 18+ years relevant working experience, thereof 5+ years relevant management experience is welcome

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. ORMaster's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. ORPhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

15+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.4+ years of experience with circuit/logic design/validation (e.g., digital, analog, RF).

4+ years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit stimulation software.

4+ years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, etc.

4+ years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Leverages expert Hardware knowledge and experience to plan, optimize, verify, and test highly critical electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems.

Drives the development of design rules and processes for electronic hardware, equipment, and/or integrated circuitry.

Serves as an expert resource for conducting highly complex simulations and analyses of designs as well as for the implementation of designs with the best power, performance, and area.

Collaborates with high-level representativesacross functions (e.g., design, verification, validation, software and systems engineering, architecture development teams, etc.) to implement and drive new requirements and the latest test solutions in the production program to improve the yield, test time, and quality.

Evaluates, characterizes, and develops the novel manufacturing solutions for leading edge products in highly advanced processes and bring-up product to meet customer expectations and schedules.

Serves as an expert resource for the evaluation of reliability for highly critical materials, properties, and techniques and brings innovation, automation, and optimization to maximize productivity.

Advises multiple teams of engineers in the development of complex hardware designs, evaluating various design features to identify potential flaws or issues.

Writes detailed technical documentation for highly complex Hardware projects; reviews technical documentation for experienced engineers.

Level of Responsibility:

Provides supervision to direct reports.

Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey highly complex and/or detailed information. May require strong negotiation and influence with large groups or high-level constituents.

Works within the prescribed budgetary objectives of the department.

Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions.

Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.