Physical Design Engineer

Cerebras Systems, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Inclusive team environment

Non-corporate work culture

Job summary

Cerebras Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced member for their physical design team, focusing on 3D integrated products. The role involves collaborating with teams on design and R&D of innovative concepts, leveraging over a decade of physical design experience.

Ideal candidates should have a robust understanding of physical design methodologies and tools, aiming to drive forward the architecture that leads in AI innovation. This position provides an opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology in a non-corporate culture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of physical design/verification experience.
• Expert with ICV or Calibre tools resolving DRC and LVS issues.
• Strong ability in scripting languages like Tcl and Python.

Responsibilities

• Work on design and analysis of 3D integrated products.
• Collaborate with architecture and RTL teams.
• R&D on novel concepts for 3D integration.

Skills

Physical design/verification experience

Knowledge of physical verification methodology

Optimizing for best power/performance and area

Complete physical design flow knowledge

ICV or Calibre tools

IR/EM analysis

Scripting languages like Tcl and Python

Experience with 3D packaging solutions

Job description

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services.

This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation.

Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.

About The Role

As a member of our tight knit physical design team, you will be working on the design and analysis of 3D integrated products. This role involves a combination of traditional ASIC/SoC physical design skills, packaging, power, clock and cooling analysis. You will work closely with the architecture and RTL team to do R&D on novel concepts for 3D integration.

Skills and Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years of physical design/verification experience.
• Strong knowledge of block level and full-chip physical verification methodology.
• Expert at optimizing for the best power/performance and area.
• Experience with the complete physical design flow. Knowledge of Synopsys tool suite is a plus.
• Expert with ICV or Calibre tools resolving block and full-chip DRC and LVS issues.
• Expert with IR/EM analysis and resolution.
• Strong ability in scripting languages like Tcl and Python. Ability to make flow enhancements.
• Demonstrated ability to work with RTL teams to optimize for physical design.
• Knowledge of 2.5D or 3D packaging solutions.
• Must have experience with 3d physical design, 3d die stacking, 3d chip design, die-to-die or wafer-to-wafer.

Preferred

• Experience doing full chip floor planning and integration.
• Knowledge of clock distribution.
• Knowledge of cooling analysis.

The salary range for this position is $230,000 – $280,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

Why Join Cerebras

People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras, we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:

1. Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
2. Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.
3. Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
4. Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.
5. Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.

Find out more about what it's like to work at Cerebras here!

Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusive teams build better products and companies. We try every day to build a work environment that empowers people to do their best work through continuous learning, growth and support of those around them.

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