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RTL Design Engineer - CPU / Low-Power / High-Performance
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RTL Design Engineer - CPU / Low-Power / High-Performance
We are currently partnered with an industry-leading semiconductor giant in the UK looking to expand their team in the UK with an experienced RTL Design Engineer to work on the development of high-performance, low-power CPU cores for the next generation of premium mobile and IoT devices.
This is a permanent position in Cambridge. Please note, this is a fully onsite role.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the modeling team to explore and implement high-performance CPU strategies.
- Transform high-level architectural research into detailed, implementable technical specifications.
- Design, assess, and refine RTL (Verilog/VHDL) to hit aggressive timing, area, and power goals.
- Partner with the DV team to ensure the design meets both functional correctness and performance benchmarks.
- Work with physical design teams to validate timing, reliability, and testability for tape-out.
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Key Requirements
- Thorough knowledge of areas like Instruction Fetch/Decode, Out-of-Order Execution, and Memory Subsystems.
- Strong proficiency in Verilog and/or VHDL and waveform debugging.
- Solid understanding of logic design principles and their implications on timing and power.
- Understanding of register renaming, instruction scheduling, and speculative execution.
- Experience using Python or Perl for design automation and analysis.
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Keywords: CPU Design / RTL Engineer / Verilog / VHDL / Micro-architecture / Out-of-Order Execution / Low Power Design / PPA / Instruction Fetch / Logic Design / Python / Perl / Cambridge / Semiconductor
If you are interested in this RTL Design Engineer position, please send a CV to ts@eu-recruit.com
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