What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal VLSI Design Engineer position at Ampere?
Description
Invent the future with us.
Recognized by Fast Company’s 2023 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators List, Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient, sustainable cloud computing.
By providing a new level of predictable performance, efficiency, and sustainability Ampere is working with leading cloud suppliers and a growing partner ecosystem to deliver cloud instances, servers and embedded/edge products that can handle the compute demands of today and tomorrow.
Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team — we’d love to have you apply. Come invent the future with us.
About The Role
We are looking for an experienced VLSI Design Engineer to join our growing Ampere Circuit Team, advancing the art of high performance CPU circuit design. You will design high performance memory arrays from concept to hardware validation, for use in Ampere’s state-of-the-art ARM server CPU. You will work across several teams – logic, dft, pd, etc. to identify the array requirements, analyze the area/power/performance trade-offs of different solutions, and implement the optimal solution.
What You'll Achieve
At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The full base pay range for this role is between $140,500 and $234,500, except in the San Francisco Bay Area where the range is between $152,500 and $254,000. We offer an annual bonus program tied to internal company goals and annual meritocratic equity awards that enable our employees to participate in the success of the company.
Our benefits include health, wellness, and financial programs that support employees through every stage of life, with full benefits eligibility at 20 hours per week.
Benefit Highlights Include
Ampere is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, veteran and/or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
Invent the future with us.
Recognized by Fast Company’s 2023 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators List, Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient, sustainable cloud computing.
By providing a new level of predictable performance, efficiency, and sustainability Ampere is working with leading cloud suppliers and a growing partner ecosystem to deliver cloud instances, servers and embedded/edge products that can handle the compute demands of today and tomorrow.
Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team — we’d love to have you apply. Come invent the future with us.
About The Role
We are looking for an experienced VLSI Design Engineer to join our growing Ampere Circuit Team, advancing the art of high performance CPU circuit design. You will design high performance memory arrays from concept to hardware validation, for use in Ampere’s state-of-the-art ARM server CPU. You will work across several teams – logic, dft, pd, etc. to identify the array requirements, analyze the area/power/performance trade-offs of different solutions, and implement the optimal solution.
What You'll Achieve
- Schematic/layout design
- Bitcell analysis
- Understanding area/power/performance trade-offs in array design
- Performing EMIR analysis to evaluate signal & powergrid robustness
- Equivalence checking between spice and behavioral models
- Circuit robustness checks
- Timing model generation and verification
- Hardware validation
- Strong understanding of VLSI circuits, design techniques, and device physics
- Strong analytical skills with ability to create, measure, and evaluate tradeoffs between different circuit solutions to optimize for power, frequency and area
- Familiarity with Cadence design suite for layout and schematic entry
- Familiarity with circuit simulation tools
- Familiarity with design-for-test concepts
- Ability to program in perl/tcl/python
- Electrical or Computer Engineering: BS and 8 years of related experience; or MS and 6 years of related experience; or PhD and 3 years of related experience
At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The full base pay range for this role is between $140,500 and $234,500, except in the San Francisco Bay Area where the range is between $152,500 and $254,000. We offer an annual bonus program tied to internal company goals and annual meritocratic equity awards that enable our employees to participate in the success of the company.
Our benefits include health, wellness, and financial programs that support employees through every stage of life, with full benefits eligibility at 20 hours per week.
Benefit Highlights Include
- Premium medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, as well as income protection and a 401K retirement plan, so that you can feel secure in your health and financial future.
- Unlimited Flextime and 10 paid holidays so that you can embrace a healthy work-life balance.
- A variety of healthy snacks, energizing espresso, and refreshing drinks to keep you fueled and focused throughout the day.
Ampere is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, veteran and/or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
Salary : $140,500 - $254,000
