SoC Design Engineer

TALENT Software Services; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TALENT Software Services is seeking a seasoned SoC integration engineer to own design and implementation of blocks and subsystems, participating in architecture specs and supporting PCB teams. You will drive integration at the SoC level, discuss configurations with IP providers, and ensure timing and power intents are defined and followed.

Responsibilities include developing design-quality flows (CDC/RDC/linting, power analysis), analyzing performance reports, and aiding Synthesis and P&R teams.

Qualifications

• MSc degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent years of experience
• 4+ years of experience in SoC integration roles
• Experience integrating complex SoC subsystems (processors, PCIe, DDR)
• Experience RTL design methodologies and languages (Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL)
• Experience setting up quality flows (CDC/RDC/linting)
• Experience setting up power analysis and synthesis flows
• Scripting/programming skills (2+ years Tcl, Python)
• Excellent written and verbal English communication

Responsibilities

• Write architecture specifications for SoC subsystems and integrate subsystems at the SoC level
• Discuss configurations with IP providers for best subsystem settings
• Create and propagate subsystem constraints from block to SoC level including timing and power intent
• Develop and maintain flows to guarantee design quality (CDC, RDC, linting, power analysis, etc.)
• Analyze performance, power, area reports and propose improvements
• Support synthesis and P&R teams with timing/DFT/power debugging
• Support PCB design teams as needed

Skills

Excellent communication

Collaboration

Scripting (Python, Tcl)

C for embedded systems

Education

MSc in Electrical Engineering

Equivalent years of experience in SoC integration

Tools

Verilog

SystemVerilog

VHDL

CDC/RDC/Linting tools

Synopsys VCS

Verdi

SpyGlass

DC Compiler

Python

Tcl

Job description

In this role you will take ownership of all aspects related to design and implementation of different blocks and SoC subsystems. You will be involved directly in all aspects of chip design. From writing architectural specifications to support PCB teams responsible for product design

• Excellent written and verbal English communication
  

What you’ll do:

• Write architecture specifications for SoC subsystems
• Integrate subsystems at SoC level.
• Discuss with IP providers about best configuration for given subsystems
• Create and/or propagate subsystem constraints from block to SoC level. This
• includes timing (SDC) and power intent (UPF)
• Develop and maintain flows to guarantee design quality (CDC, RDC, linting,
• power analysis flows, etc)
• Analyze performance, power, area reports and provide solutions to improve
• this metrics
• Support synthesis and P&R team debugging and fixing timing/DfT/power
• related issues.
• Support PCB design teams

Minimum Qualifications:

• MSc degree in related field such as electrical engineering or equivalent years of
• experience
• 4+ years of experience in SoC integration roles
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Experience integrating complex SoC subsystems. Examples include
• processors, PCIe, DDR etc.
• Experience with RTL design methodologies and languages (Verilog,
• SystemVerilog, VHDL)
• Experience setting up quality flows such as CDC/RDC/linting
• Experience setting up power analysis and synthesis flows
• Solid modeling, programming and scripting skills (2+ years of e.g. Tcl, Python)
• Excellent written and verbal English communication

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands on experience integrating ARM class A or R CPU
• Hands on experience integrating GPUs
• Hands on experience integrating systems with MMUs
• Hands on experience integrating system that requires cache coherence
• Hands on experience in RTL to GDS design flows
• Basic knowledge of verification flows (e.g. UVM)
• Experience using Synopsys tools such as VCS/verdi, Spyglass, DC compiler,
• RTL-architect
• Basic to medium level knowledge using C for embedded system