[India] Accelerator IP Design Engineer (ASIC, RTL)

EdgeCortix; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and stock options

Flexible work time

Top-tier employee benefits

Job summary

EdgeCortix Inc. in Hyderabad is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer to develop RTL/ASIC for state-of-the-art edge AI inference accelerators. You will work on design verification, power estimation, and architectural optimizations to meet area and power budgets.

The role involves close collaboration with architects and compiler teams, and requires experience with SystemVerilog, UVM, and HDL-based SoC integration. A strong emphasis on CI, documentation, and robust testing is expected.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in RTL design and verification for ASIC/IP.
• Experience with low-power RTL design and timing constraints.
• Familiarity with AXI/PCIe/MIPI or similar high-speed protocols is a plus.
• Experience with Cadence or Synopsys tool flows for design and verification.
• Scripting ability in TCL/Python and basic C++/Java is desirable.

Responsibilities

• RTL Design and module-level verification for Edgecortix inference accelerator IP.
• Participate in synthesis, STA, and power estimation activities.
• Propose and implement low-level micro-architectural optimizations for area, power and routability.
• Collaborate with architects to support architectural-level decisions and feedback.
• Work with compiler engineers to implement new functionality and define architectural specs.
• Engage in system integration for SoC design using third-party IPs.
• IP-level and system-level verification and debugging using SystemVerilog and UVM.
• Adopt high engineering standards including code reviews, documentation, testing, CI, and release processes.

Skills

RTL design

SystemVerilog

UVM

Synthesis

Power analysis

Timing closure

High-speed protocols

Automation scripting

C++/Java basics

Tools

Cadence

Synopsys

Joules/PowerPro

TCL

Python

Make

Job description

Introduction

Edgecortix Inc. is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer with proven RTL/logic and ASIC design expertise. If you have a strong desire to build state-of-the-art digital chips and systems join us and let's reshape the future of AI.

About Edgecortix

EdgeCortix is driving innovation in semiconductor solutions for the connected intelligent edge. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with additional offices in the United States and India, the company develops silicon-based, energy-efficient AI processors purpose-built for Generative AI workloads at the edge. The company’s patented hardware-software co-design methodology enables highly efficient runtime-reconfigurable AI accelerators, delivering industry-leading performance-per-watt for edge inference across defense, aerospace, smart cities, Industry 4.0, robotics and telecommunications applications.

The Team

As an engineering driven company we are working to define and solve the hardest problems at the intersection of AI, semiconductors and scalable systems across the edge computing landscape. We originated out of multiple years of research, as such at our core we value learning, intellectual curiosity, and self-starters. We have the ambitious goal of enabling cloud-level performance with significantly better energy-efficiency and cost-efficiency for AI inference infrastructure across markets like robotic, industrial automation, aerospace & defense and telecommunications.

Your Role and Responsibilities:

Ideal candidates will have expertise in several of the following areas:

• RTL Design and module-level verification of modules for Edgecortix inference accelerator IP.
• Participate in synthesis, STA, and power estimation activities.
• Propose and implement low-level micro-architectural optimizations for better area, power, and placeability/routability of design targeting specific tech processes, power, and area budgets.
• Work closely with our architects to support architectural-level decisions providing expert feedback to ensure high design scalability.
• Collaborate with our architects and compiler engineers to determine the best way of implementing new functionality and defining architectural specs.
• Engage in system integration activities for SoC design using third-party IPs and integration tools.
• Engage in IP-level and system-level verification and debugging activities using SystemVerilog and UVM.
• Embrace high standards of engineering practices such as code reviews, technical documentation, propper testing process, continuous integration, and release engineering.

Desired Qualifications (ASIC)

• Ability to write clean, readable, synthesizable RTL.
• Familiarity with AXI, Avalon or similar protocol.
• Experience in low power RTL design.
• Experience in performing logic synthesis using Cadence or Synopsys tools.
• Experience in writing timing constraints and power intent definitions.
• Experience in optimizing design for timing.
• Experience in using power analysis tools such as Joules or PowerPro.
• Understanding of Physical Design issues.
• Understanding of using fixed-point arithmetic for approximating floating-point computations.
• Experience with verification using SystemVerilog and UVM.
• Experience with DDR, PCI-E, MIPI CSI or other high speed protocols is a plus.
• Decent scripting and automation skills using TCL, Python, and Make.
• Basic programming skills in statically typed languages such as C++ or Java.

What’s in it for you?

Make a difference: you will have the opportunity to join a well-funded and rapidly growing fabless AI semiconductor company that is disrupting the AI software and hardware across the edge AI landscape. Be an integral part of its growth and momentum.

Benefits and Perks

• Highly competitive salary and stock options as applicable
• Flex work time
• Top-tier employee benefits