Job Title: Logic (RTL) Design Engineer
Job Location: Santa Clara CA
Job Duration: 3 Months Contract to Hire
Job Summary:
- The RTL Engineer performs detailed block design from system requirements and evolving specifications. Perform RTL coding Lint checks CDC tests creating timing constraint file. Working closely with Synthesis STA PD and DFT teams to meet all functional requirements performance power and area goals
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop HW architecture from specification documents.
- Take complete responsibilities include writing RTL code for IP development/RTL integration checking the code for Lint/CDC issues checking synthesizability and timing quality of the design checking low power implementation supporting verification team with debug and support physical design teams on timing constraints and other design topics using Verilog/System Verilog/VHDL.
- Develop and execute low power design (UPF/CPF).
- Design top level RTL integration of blocks clocks resets configuration registers etc
- Knowledge of JESD204C block design and related design/verification experience (includes licensed IP & PHY from 3rd parties)
- Awareness of DFT concepts to be used to fix functional violation that may get introduced which including DFT structures.
- Carry out static checks including Lint/CDC (Spyglass) synthesis LEC and STA. Debugging and fixing functional break.
- Take ownership of tasks and drive tasks to closure.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in electrical or computer engineering or related field
- 7 years of experience in Logic (RTL) Design
- Synopsys/Cadence EDA Tools (Preference: 5)
- Design Compiler (Preference: 5)
- Spyglass Tools (Preference: 5)
- Python (Preference: 3)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Great communication collaboration and teamwork skills and ability to contribute to diverse and inclusive teams.
- Experience with advanced peripheral bus IPs such as GPIO UART SPI SW JTAG and I2C.
- Strong fundamentals in VLSI design
- Strong problem-solving and data analysis skills
- Strong skills using scripting languages such as Perl TCL Python.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work with remote teams
- Influence tools flows and overall design methodology in design construction signoff and optimization with a data driven approach.
- Knowledge of low-speed bus protocols (AMBA/OCP) and high-speed serial protocols (PCIe/USB/Ethernet) will used at various stages of the design