Silicon Design Engineer

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We are seeking a hands‑on technical leader to drive the development of advanced modeling infrastructure and architectural exploration for next‑generation computing platforms. This role focuses on building scalable performance modeling collateral, enabling novel compute architectures, and aggregating insights to propose architectural changes that deliver dramatic improvements in performance, power, area (PPA) and user experience.

You will work closely with internal technical leaders to align architectural vision with product roadmaps spanning 7–10 years, ensuring strategic coherence across silicon, packaging, and software.

• Infrastructure & Modeling Development:
  • Architect and implement robust modeling frameworks for design space exploration (DSE) and performance analysis.
  • Develop cycle‑accurate, analytical, and AI‑driven models to evaluate complex workloads, including ML and graphics/rendering.
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• Architectural
  
  Innovation:
  • Aggregate modeling insights to propose disruptive architectural changes across CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, interconnects, and memory hierarchies.
  • Drive vision for dramatic increases in ML model concurrency and assess system‑level impacts.
• Cross‑Domain Technical Leadership:
  • Bridge hardware, software, ML, and graphics domains to enable holistic architectural strategies.
  • Collaborate with silicon design, packaging, compiler, and runtime teams to ensure end‑to‑end optimization.
• Strategic Alignment:
  • Partner with internal technical leaders to align architectural exploration with long‑term product roadmaps and technology investments.
• Software Development Leadership:
  • Understand contemporary software development processes (Agile/Scrum).
  • Lead daily standups, prioritize and drive issues and new features to closure.
  • Ensure correct test infrastructure and CI pipelines are in place and executing properly to meet tactical sprints and epics.
• Tooling & Automation:
  • Champion scalable infrastructure for automated DSE campaigns, visualization, and multi‑dimensional trade‑off analysis.

• Deep System Knowledge:
  • Full‑stack understanding from silicon implementation (including advanced packaging) to software and runtime interactions.
• Modeling & Programming
  
  Skills:
  • Fluent in C++, low‑level frameworks, and capable of generating modeling content.
  • Strong grasp of x86 and RISC‑V assembly, ISA design, modifying tool chains and executables, compilers, and performance tuning.
• Cross‑Domain Proficiency:
  • Ability to bridge hardware, software, ML, and graphics/rendering domains.
• Architectural Insight:
  • Proven experience in design space exploration and quantifying PPA trade‑offs.
• Vision for ML & Concurrency:
  • Expertise in scaling ML workloads and understanding system‑level implications of high concurrency.
• Software Process Leadership:
  • Experience leading Agile teams, managing sprints, and ensuring CI/CD best practices.

• Experience with industry‑standard modeling frameworks (e.g., gem5, SST).
• Background in hardware/software co‑design and full‑system performance analysis.
• Familiarity with advanced packaging technologies and heterogeneous compute architectures.

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