Senior Design Engineer - High Speed Cache (Sunnyvale, CA)

Tachyum; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional development

International environment

Bleeding edge technology

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

Tachyum in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking engineers to work on a high-performance L2 Cache unit for AI processing elements within state-of-the-art hardware platforms.

The role focuses on processor pipelines, cache architectures, and low-power design across multicore SoCs using Verilog/SystemVerilog. Experience with ARM/x86 cores and scripting is a plus. Tachyum offers an international environment and opportunities for career progression.

Qualifications

• Experience with high speed processor pipelines/ASICs/SoCs and multi-core designs.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and cache coherency.
• Experience with cache controller designs, cache hierarchy, and coherency protocols.
• Logic design experience with deep submicron technologies and low power techniques.
• Proficiency in Verilog / SystemVerilog, Synthesis, STA, CDC, Lint.
• Knowledge of ARM and x86 multicore processor designs is a plus.
• Knowledge of C and scripting languages (Perl / shell / Python / awk) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Working on high performance L2 Cache unit for AI processing elements.

Skills

Processor pipelines

Computer architecture

Cache coherency

Low power design

Verilog / SystemVerilog

ARM/x86 multicore

C and scripting

Job description

Working on high performance L2 Cache unit serving the needs of state-of-the art AI processing elements.

Locations:

• Sunnyvale, CA

Job Fields:

• Hardware

Responsibilities

• Working on high performance L2 Cache unit serving the needs of state-of-the art AI processing elements

Qualifications

• Requires 2 to 4 years of experience (will consider bright individuals even with lower experience) and the following skills:
• Understanding of high speed and low power processor pipeline designs / ASICs / SoCs and multi-core designs
• Strong understanding of computer architecture
• Experience with cache controller designs, understanding of cache coherency protocols, cache hierarchy
• Logic design experience with state of the art deep submicron technologies specifically low power design techniques
• Verilog / system Verilog / Synthesis / STA (Static timing analysis) / CDC / Lint
• Knowledge of ARM and x86 and multicore processor designs is a plus
• Knowledge of programming languages C, scripting (Perl / shell / python / awk) is a plus
• Knowledge of cache design and coherency protocols

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
• International environment and further career progression.
• Getting in touch with bleeding edge technology.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.

Compensation Range

The base salary range is $150,000 to $300,000. Your salary will be determined based on your experience and specific skillset.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

About Tachyum

Tachyum is transforming AI, HPC, public and private cloud data center markets with its recently launched flagship product. Prodigy, the world’s first Universal Processor, unifies the functionality of a CPU, a GPGPU, and a TPU into a single processor that delivers industry-leading performance, cost, and power efficiency for both specialty and general-purpose computing. When Prodigy processors are provisioned in a hyperscale data center, they enable all AI, HPC, and general-purpose applications to run on one hardware infrastructure, saving companies billions of dollars per year. With data centers currently consuming over 4% of the planet’s electricity, predicted to be 10% by 2030, the ultra-low power Prodigy Universal Processor is critical to continue doubling worldwide data center capacity every four years.

Tachyum, co-founded by Dr. Radoslav Danilak is building the world’s fastest AI supercomputer (128 AI exaflows) in the EU based on Prodigy processors. Tachyum has offices in the United States and Slovakia.