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Physical Design Engineer - Timing Lead

Efficient Computer · San Francisco, Bay Area OR Pittsburgh, PA OR Austin, TX OR Remote · Remote

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About Efficient Computer

Efficient Computer builds the world's most energy-efficient general-purpose AI chips, delivering up to 100× better efficiency than low-power CPUs. Backed by USV.

About the role

Efficient is seeking a Physical Design Engineer - Timing Lead to join our growing team. The Timing Lead will work on timing convergence and methodology hands on for the world’s most energy-efficient, general-purpose processor . This role will be in the newly formed hardware engineering group and will focus on designing in state of the art finfet technologies. The role is cross functional and we are a integrated highly interdisciplinary team of world class engineers.

What they're looking for

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of industry experience or PhD in Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of industry experience
  • Proven track record of delivering IP/SS (or SoC) STA sign-off for multiple tape-outs in 12nm or below process technologies
  • Experience with EDA flow using Cadence/Synopsys/Mentor tools for STA/simulations (PT/Hspice) with hierarchical design and abstraction techniques
  • Hands-on experience in timing convergence of high-frequency and low power designs
  • Expert knowledge of static timing analysis, defining constraints and exceptions, corners/voltage definitions and timing margining
  • Experience with low power implementation typical in industry and how timing convergence impacts power draw ensuring we are making optimal tradeoffs
More about this role

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 is seeking a Physical Design Engineer - Timing Lead to join our growing team. The Timing Lead will work on timing convergence and methodology hands on for the world’s most energy-efficient, general-purpose processor . This role will be in the newly formed hardware engineering group and will focus on designing in state of the art finfet technologies. The role is cross functional and we are a integrated highly interdisciplinary team of world class engineers.

This is a unique opportunity to get in at the early stages of a hardware engineering organization and have influence on...

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