Principal Circuit Design Engineer

Description
Invent the future with us.
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 Circuit 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

• M.Tech in Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering with 6+ years of semiconductor experience or B.Tech in Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering with 8+ years of semiconductor experience
• 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

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.

Benefits Highlights Include

• Premium medical, dental, vision insurance, parental benefits including creche reimbursement, as well as a retirement plan, so that you can feel secure in your health, financial future and child care during work.
• Generous paid time off policy so that you can embrace a healthy work-life balance
• Fully catered lunch in our office along with a variety of healthy snacks, energizing coffee or tea, and refreshing drinks to keep you fueled and focused throughout the day.

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.

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.