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Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Develop state-of-the-art FPGA CAD algorithms to improve circuit performance, power, and tool runtime.
• Execute methodical, scientific experiments to validate the extent of algorithmic improvements.
• Analyze performance bottlenecks of high-speed protocols in FPGA applications.
• Contribute to evaluation of logic and routing for future FPGA architectures, and help drive speed, power, and cost targets.
• Develop example FPGA application benchmarks, either by coding them in Verilog and high-level synthesis tools, or by programming generation algorithms.
• Analyze and share your data with various groups within the company.
• Perform design reviews, unit testing, and code reviews.
• Own and maintain code modules.
• Study literature in the CAD industry and contribute to research discussions.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Job Requirements:

• BS, MS or PhD in CS/EE or related field.
• 18 years of relevant research or work experience in programmable architecture, applications implementation, or Software Engineering.
• Strong knowledge and ability in C++, as well as a deep understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Comfortable with software development in a Linux environment.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, willingness to document work products.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to Placement, Routing, Synthesis, Static Timing Analysis (STA) for FPGA or ASIC.
• Practical coding experience in Verilog and Python.
• Familiarity with PyTorch, Graph Neural Network, CUDA, Machine learning, linear and non-linear optimization.
• Exposure to parallel programming techniques, like TBB.
• Experience with source code management systems (Git).
• Experience with shell scripting languages (Python, TCL, Bash, Perl).

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading IESPP program with a 6-month look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position is $153,000 - $203,000.*

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