Logical Design Engineer

About this role

Responsibilities

• Being part of the Logical Design team, producing high quality micro-architecture specification and RTL for Graphcore chips
• Ensuring good communication between different teams and across multiple sites
• Contributing to shared design infrastructure and flows
• Using EDA tools and the Graphcore design flow to design innovative technologies
• Contributing to block-level and chip-level checks and auditing (Linting, Synthesis, Timing Closure, CDC, RDC, Coverage)
• Working closely with Physical Design, Verification and DFT teams
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Digital design experience in a relevant industry
• Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player
• Ability to work across teams and finding solutions to problems
• Ability to solve design issues through programming, e.g. Python, Tcl
• Strong competency in SystemVerilog or VHDL
• Knowledge of digital design flows
• Capable of managing time and priorities

Requirements

• Processor design
• Application specific blocks
• High-speed serial interfaces
• Complex third-party IP integration
• Experience leading teams
• Arithmetic pipeline design
• Floating-point design
• Design for test
• Synthesis
• Timing Analysis
• Logical Equivalence
• Project Planning
• Power Integrity
• Silicon transistor knowledge

About Graphcore

At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute. We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem. To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world. We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence. Job Summary Working within the Logical Design team, the Silicon Logical Designer is responsible for a wide range of logical design tasks which require working closely with other engineers within the Silicon department. This person is responsible for helping the team deliver high quality micro-architecture specifications and RTL for Graphcore chips, and assisting the rest of the Silicon teams to ensure we can meet the company objectives for silicon delivery. The Team The Logical Design team sits within the Silicon team. We are responsible for delivering the micro-architecture and RTL design to implement the chip architecture specification for Graphcore Silicon. Responsibilities and Duties Being part of the Logical Design team, producing high quality micro-architecture specification and RTL for Graphcore chips Ensuring good communication between different teams and across multiple sites Contributing to shared design infrastructure and flows Using EDA tools and the Graphcore design flow to design innovative technologies Contributing to block-level and chip-level checks and auditing (Linting, Synthesis, Timing Closure, CDC, RDC, Coverage) Working closely with Physical Design, Verification and DFT teams Essential skills: Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject Digital design experience in a relevant industry Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player Ability to work across teams and finding solutions to problems Ability to solve design issues through programming, e.g. Python, Tcl Strong competency in SystemVerilog or VHDL Knowledge of digital design flows Capable of managing time and priorities