Senior Digital Design Engineer
united states
Efficient is seeking a Senior Digital Design Engineer to join our growing team. The Senior Digital Design Engineer will contribute to the design, implementation, and verification of the world’s most energy-efficient, general-purpose processor. This position is a unique opportunity to realize our product, work as a digital hardware designer with a highly interdisciplinary team, and help shape the future of Efficient’s technology.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and verify features from specification through synthesis
Implement product features at the RTL-level targeting silicon implementation
Implement product features at the RTL-level targeting FPGA emulation for verification
Build unit testbench infrastructure to verify implemented features
Design of memory systems and digital integration of memory macros, including SRAM, MRAM, and others
Interface design components with external/vendor-provided IP
Use industrial-strength digital design tools from RTL simulation through synthesis, which may include Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor/Siemens EDA, and ANSYS as necessary
Provide comprehensive feature and integration documentation
Interact with physical design and digital verification team for pre-silicon verification
Work with physical design team to resolve RTL-level issues leading to DRC violations
Work with compiler and embedded software teams to develop, document, and implement features that span across the software-hardware boundary, including Efficient’s dataflow ISA
Required Qualifications & Experience Requirements
7+ years of digital design experience with substantial experience designing for tape-out
Experience running a digital design flow using industry-strength digital design and EDA tools
Experience with designing and implementing features in RTL
Experience integrating digital IP with RTL-level implementations
Experience with pre-silicon verification
Experience with continuous integration and testing of digital designs
Experience with version control and scripting languages (Python preferred)
Experience with memory compiler toolchains
Strong attention to detail, good work ethic, ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, and good communication skills
Good problem solving skills
Desired Qualifications & Experience Requirements
Experience designing compilers
Knowledge of computer architecture
Knowledge of physical design and ASIC implementation
Experience with power and energy modeling (using tools like PowerArtist, Joules, etc.)
Bachelor’s degree in related field required. Master’s or PhD. preferred.
About Efficient:
Efficient is developing the world’s most energy-efficient general-purpose computer processor. Efficient’s patented technology uses 100x less energy than state of the art commercially available ultra-low-power processors and is programmable using standard high-level programming languages and AI/ML frameworks. This level of efficiency makes perpetual, pervasive intelligence possible: run AI/ML continuously on a AA battery for 5-10 years. Our platform’s unprecedented level of efficiency enables IoT devices to intelligently capture and curate first-party data to drive the next major computing revolution.
Efficient was established in 2022 as a spinout of Carnegie Mellon University and is currently building a world-class team of hardware and software engineers spanning from silicon implementation to compilers. With pre-seed funding secured, a portfolio of patent-protected IP, and substantial progress on hardware and software development, Efficient is moving quickly toward delivering first silicon in early- to mid-2024. Find out more about our story at https://www.efficient.computer
Working at Efficient:
We are a small, but mighty team, with team members spread across EffHQ in Pittsburgh, Silicon Valley, and New York City. We are a young company on a tremendous growth path. We aim to bring our team together, in-person often and camaraderie is key to our success. We have the tools and technology to keep us together and interactive as a remote team, as well.
We are dedicated to our core values: Adventure, Teamliness, Excellence, Impact, Determination, Integrity. Our core values define who we are as people, as a team and as a company and they are prevalent throughout our meetings, interactions, and culture.
Efficient offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including 401K match, company-paid benefits, equity program, paid parental leave, flexibility, and more! We are committed to personal and professional development and strive to grow together as people and as a company.