Microarchitect and RTL Designer - Compute

MatX; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks PTO (accrued)

Remote work up to 3 weeks

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

MatX is building world-class AI hardware and accelerators in Mountain View, CA. This role owns the micro-architecture and RTL for compute blocks, driving end-to-end silicon design from concept to tapeout with cross-functional collaboration.

You will contribute to architecture-to-design methodologies, supervise sign-off-ready designs, and partner with verification, DFT, and physical design teams to optimize performance, power, and area.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of silicon design experience.
• Taped out chips across multiple generations.
• Experience with SystemVerilog, Python, C/C++ in chip design flows.
• Ability to ramp on Bluespec; functional-programming background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to silicon architecture-to-design methodology across blocks, subsystems, and fullchip design.
• Own subsystems and deliverables from micro-architecture to sign-off-ready design.
• Plan and drive reviews on micro-architecture, design specifications, execution progress, and tapeout milestones.
• Collaborate with verification, DFT, and physical design teams for performance and PPA improvements.

Skills

Silicon design

Tape-out experience

Bluespec familiarity

SystemVerilog

Python

C/C++

Verification

Design synthesis / lint

Job description

What MatX is Building

MatX's mission is to make the world’s best AI models run as efficiently as allowed by physics, bringing the world years ahead in AI quality and availability.

What Compute Means

The compute subsystem implements all of the core numerics and the associated control and data paths required to realize meaningful hardware acceleration of our target ML workloads. In this role you own the micro-architecture and RTL for blocks within it, end to end.

What You'll Do Here:

• Contribute to MatX's silicon architecture-to-design methodology with a scalable solution across blocks, subsystems, and fullchip design

• Own entire subsystems or subsets and/or chip-level silicon design deliverables from micro-architecture to sign-off-ready design

• Plan and drive intermediate and sign-off reviews on micro-architecture and design specifications, execution progress, and area and timing closure toward various silicon milestones including design freeze and tapeout

• Work closely with the verification, DFT, and physical design co-owners of the subsystem/block in question and deliver best-in-class performance-power-area results

Who You Are:

• At least 5 years of silicon design experience

• Tape-out experience — you have taped out chips, demonstrating end-to-end ownership of a design through multiple generations

• Ability and willingness to ramp on Bluespec — a functionally-rooted HDL used for our designs. Prior Bluespec, or familiarity with functional-programming paradigms (e.g. Haskell), is a plus

• Production-proven experience with silicon micro-architecture and design concepts used in high-performance compute (CPUs, GPUs, accelerators), high-speed connectivity, memory management, and related functionalities

• Experience with SystemVerilog, Python, C/C++, and similar scripting and programming languages for chip design and related flows

• Experience testing your designs and working closely with verification teams toward performance and coverage closure goals

• Hands-on experience with design synthesis, design lint, and related flows to take designs to high-quality sign-off

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Experience designing arithmetic/compute datapaths for ML — matmul / systolic (MAC) arrays, reduction trees, and floating-point / special-function units (e.g. MuFu)

• Familiarity with verification, emulation platforms, and methodologies

• A lot of experience with logic that focuses on moving, storing, or managing data such as caches, buffers, crossbars, etc.

Compensation

The US base salary for this full-time position is determined based on a variety of factors including role, experience, location, job-related skills, and relevant education and training. Career length is only a guideline for compensation.

• Mid Career — $175,000 – $400,000 + equity

• Senior Career — $250,000 – $600,000 + equity

What We Offer

• Time off: 4 weeks PTO (accrued) + 12 company Holidays + up to 3 weeks remote work

• Health: Company-subsidized Medical (Kaiser or Anthem) for employees & dependents, Guardian Dental and Vision insurances for employee & dependents, and life insurance (employee only), plus HSA and FSA offerings via Lively.

• Financial Security: Choose from Roth or pre-tax 401K (or both) with a 5% company contribution (even if you don't contribute), 100% company-paid life insurance (up to $300K), long-term disability and travel insurance.

• Professional Development: $1500 per year Professional Development Budget

• Team Meals: MatX provides onsite team lunch & dinner Monday - Friday, with your choice of ordering via WeBox, Specialty’s or via our reimbursement system

• Commute on Us: We pay 100% for your daily commute. Commute via our company rideshare account, reimburse public transportation, or get a Fasttrak card (or all three)

• MatX E[x]tras: $50/mo to use on the perk you value most

• Cell & Internet Reimbursement: $35/mo for cellular and $40/mo for wifi

• Remote Home Setup: Use our Amazon business account for up to $1000 in office setup purchases.

• Mental Wellbeing: 100% paid mental health benefit via SpringHealth and Guardian EAP.

• Support to Parents: Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave regardless of path to parenthood, 10 weeks pregnancy disability leave, flexible return-to-work hours, and a $6K Family Fund to cover fertility, surrogacy, adoption, menopausal health, preservation, family counseling and more.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our team and our focus on creating an inviting and inclusive work experience, MatX is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.
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