Job Title: Hardware Design Engineer
Location: Boxborough, MA 01719
Contract Term: 12 Months
Hybrid: 2-3 days onsite
Job Description
THE ROLE:
- The Memory PHY team is looking for a passionate and experienced Design Engineer for RTL and Firmware development of high-speed LPDDR, DDR IPs. Be a part of the definition, design and development phase of industry-leading Memory PHYs and interface IP. This opportunity includes creation of new IO designs as well as working on multiple designs and enhancing methodologies in parallel. Be a part of a team that delivers Industry leading IP and help our experts in RTL, FW, circuit, and architecture teams develop leading edge and differentiating IPs.
THE PERSON:
- You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- RTL design for memory I/O
- PHY Digital Architecture development from pathfinding, coding, verification to physical implementation
- PHY link layer design, implementation & verification with Analog and System architect.
- PHY Analog/Digital co-design
- Digital design and RTL coding
- Timing Synthesis & Drive Physical implementation
- Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, and firmware engineers to understand the new features to be verified
- Estimate the time required to write the new feature tests and any required changes to the test environment
- Build the unit tests
- Debug design failures to determine the root cause; work with DV and firmware engineers to resolve design defects and correct any test issues
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Digital design engineering experience
- Experienced with Verilog, System Verilog, C, and C++
- Excellent knowledge of Verilog, System Verilog and a scripting language; experience with Python, Perl and TCL is a plus
- Knowledge of clocking architectures, synchronization, and CDC methodology
- Experience with synthesis, Timing closure
- SERDES, DDR, Memory Controller, or MAC Design experience is preferred
- Proficient in debugging firmware and RTL code using simulation tools
- Strong understanding of computer organization/architecture.
- Mixed signal RTL, Low power design experience is a plus
- Exposure to leadership or mentorship is an asset