Senior CPU Architect

OPENCHIP & SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Flexible schedule

Remuneration that values experience

Job summary

Openchip & Software Technologies S.L. in Limerick, Ireland, is seeking a CPU Senior Architecture Engineer to define architectural and micro-architectural specifications for high-performance SoC cores, focusing on power, area, and performance efficiency.

You will collaborate with architecture, design, and SW teams to optimize systems, model workloads with simulators, and analyze trade-offs for accelerator-integrated SOCs in a hybrid work environment, with flexibility for Rome or Barcelona options.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in OOO superscalar CPU designs.
• Understanding of CPU micro-architectures, memory hierarchy, and coherency in multi-core systems.
• Understanding of SoC design principles and the integration of accelerators, CPUs, and memory subsystems.
• Experience in utilizing advanced functional and performance simulators for architecture exploration, validation, and performance projection, including modeling complex software workloads.
• Knowledge of RISC-V architecture, hardware and software aspects.
• Experience with closely coupled accelerators.
• Familiarity with AI/ML software frameworks and their mapping onto hardware.

Responsibilities

• Authoring specifications for the CPU core in sufficient detail for design teams and other stakeholders. Conducting reviews as necessary.
• Close collaboration with other architects to optimize CPU system performance. This will include teams working on closely coupled accelerator engines, teams responsible for defining the SOC, and SW teams.
• Using simulators and other tools to model key workloads in terms of power & performance. This may involve "what if" tradeoff analysis on features and design choices.
• Close collaboration with design teams on implementation & verification. This may also include power analysis and process related decision making.

Skills

OOO superscalar CPUs

Multi-core coherency

SoC integration

Power/performance modeling

RISC-V awareness

Accelerator integration

AI/ML mapping

Tools

System simulators

Performance modelling tools

Job description

The Role

As a CPU Senior Architecture Engineer, you will be involved in the architectural & micro-architectural specification for a range of cutting-edge OOO superscalar CPU cores used in next-generation System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, with a strong emphasis on performance and power/area efficiency.

This role will value experience working on OOO superscalar CPUs, coherency in multi-core systems, and workload performance analysis.

Successful candidates will be expected to collaborate with other architecture teams, design teams and other partners.

Responsibilities

• Authoring specifications for the CPU core in sufficient detail for design teams and other stakeholders. Conducting reviews as necessary.
• Close collaboration with other architects to optimize CPU system performance. This will include teams working on closely coupled accelerator engines, teams responsible for defining the SOC, and SW teams.
• Using simulators and other tools to model key workloads in terms of power & performance. This may involve "what if" tradeoff analysis on features and design choices.
• Close collaboration with design teams on implementation & verification. This may also include power analysis and process related decision making.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in OOO superscalar CPU designs. Demonstrated ability to evaluate micro-architecture trade-offs in terms of performance, power, and area.
• Understanding of CPU micro-architectures, memory hierarchy, and coherency in multi-core systems.
• Understanding of SoC design principles and the integration of accelerators, CPUs, and memory subsystems.
• Experience in utilizing advanced functional and performance simulators for architecture exploration, validation, and performance projection, including modeling complex software workloads.
• Additional areas of interest:
• Knowledge of RISC-V architecture, hardware and software aspects.
• Experience with closely coupled accelerators.
• Familiarity with AI/ML software frameworks and their mapping onto hardware.

Soft Skills

We are looking for team players that focus on the outcome of the team above the individual needs, with respect and honest challenge. Individuals are encouraged to work well with the team. You have good communication and enjoy working with your teammates, having fun at the same time that you strive to do your best to provide unique products for our customers.

What do we offer?

• Join an innovative team and experience company growth.
• We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers.
• Enjoy a hybrid work environment.
• We also offer flexible schedule.
• We offer a remuneration that values your experience.
• The position will have the base in Limerick, Ireland. It can be also Rome or Barcelona.

We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world.

At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L., we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential – regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.