Principal VLSI Design Engineer

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 :

• 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

About you :

What we'll offer :

At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, bonus (i.e., variable pay tied to internal company goals), long-term incentive, 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.

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 :

And there is much more than compensation and benefits. At Ampere, we foster an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more. We are passionate about inventing industry leading cloud-native designs that contribute to a more sustainable future. We are excited to share more about our career opportunities with you through the interview process.

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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.