Senior Processor Core Architect & Optimizer

Cadence Design Systems; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence is a global leader in electronic design automation, empowering teams to create advanced semiconductor chips and revolutionary products. We value leaders who can identify opportunities, design enhancements, and collaborate across validation and physical design groups to productize solutions.

Join Cadence in Austin, TX to work on challenging processor core logic design projects and help push the boundaries of technology in a collaborative and impact-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in processor core logic design.
• Strong knowledge in Load/Store, Instruction fetch and branch prediction, Memory management, Bus protocols.
• Experience with performance analysis and optimization is a plus, including identifying bottlenecks, modeling improvements, and implementing solutions.
• Requires strong architecture knowledge and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Chief Architect to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Architect, specify, and design enhancements to address those opportunities.
• Work closely with validation and physical design teams to productize solutions.

Skills

Processor core logic design

Architecture knowledge

Performance analysis

Job description

Cadence is a global leader in electronic design automation, empowering teams to create advanced semiconductor chips and revolutionary products. We value leaders who can identify opportunities, design enhancements, and collaborate across validation and physical design groups to productize solutions.

Join Cadence in Austin, TX to work on challenging processor core logic design projects and help push the boundaries of technology in a collaborative and impact-driven environment.