zeroRISC is committed to enabling trust in critical systems via transparently implemented security foundations. We embrace the use of open source technologies as a practical starting point for accessible, trustworthy, commercial engineering of secure systems. We contribute extensively to the OpenTitan open source silicon root of trust project and consider visibility a necessary precondition to building trust and reducing risk.
As a zeroRISC SoC/ASIC Design Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and delivering security-centric chips. You will develop secure silicon, including root of trust technology, utilizing and contributing to open-source implementations. You will design ASICs at top or block levels including foundational system security, stability and safety. You will collaborate to help drive products through the full ASIC development lifecycle, from architecture through tapeout and silicon validation.
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, or a related technical field or equivalent experience
- 4 years of experience with architecture and design of SystemVerilog-based chips and IP blocks
- Experience with design flows including lint, synthesis and timing closure (e.g. SDF)
- Experience with multipower and multiclock domain designs
Preferred Qualifications- Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, or a related technical field or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of security ASICs or accelerators (e.g. cryptography accelerators or GPUs)
- Knowledge of computer architecture and memory subsystem architectures
- Experience designing standard components such as ALUs and caches and standard interfaces such as USB and I2C
- Experience with IP block integration
- Experience with UPF and power analysis and estimation
- Experience with CDC and RDC
- Experience with DFD, DFT, and design for verification
- Experience with FPGA and emulation platforms
- Experience with assertion coding
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python
Responsibilities- Execute full design lifecycle from architecture definition through design sign off and post silicon validation
- Design ASICs/SOCs at the chip/top or block levels
- Achieve product goals by trading off functionality, performance, power, area and schedule
- Write thorough design specifications
- Code high quality SystemVerilog based RTL designs including engineering best practices
- Participate with verification team on test plan definition, debug, and coverage closure
- Collaborate with architecture, verification, physical design, test, software, system, emulation, and silicon validation teams to ensure high quality full system design functionality and implementation through the whole development process
- Collaborate with engineering program managers to effectively and efficiently deliver high quality, on schedule project execution