Powerlattice Inc

Powerlattice Inc

Principal Digital Design Engineer

Chandler, AZ · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$250kDetected 13 days ago
CadenceElectrical EngineeringLeadershipCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • This role combines deep technical contribution with team leadership, requiring active involvement from microarchitecture definition through RTL development and into back-end implementation and silicon bring-up.
  • Define microarchitecture for complex digital blocks and subsystems
  • Actively contribute to RTL development for key components

Responsibilities

  • Architecture & Hands-On Design
  • Drive design tradeoffs across performance, power, area (PPA), and testability
  • Lead block- and chip-level integration, resolving interface and system issues
  • Ensure designs are clean for lint, CDC/RDC, and synthesis
  • Ensure RTL is optimized for synthesis, timing, and physical design
  • Perform, review and debug logic equivalence checking (LEC) results between RTL and netlists
  • Define and validate timing constraints (SDC) and complete timing closure
  • Drive and implement timing and functional ECOs as needed

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • 10+ years of experience in digital design with significant hands-on RTL development
  • Strong expertise in:
  • Hands-on experience with back-end flows, including:
  • Proven track record of delivering complex SoC or subsystem designs to tapeout

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with advanced technology nodes and implementation challenges
  • Experience with formal verification techniques
  • Experience with silicon bring-up and post-silicon debug

Compensation

  • Anticipated annual base salary for Member of Technical Staff: $200,000 - $250,000

Benefits

  • Work on scan insertion, test architecture, and coverage closure
  • Stock option grant
  • Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and 401(k)

Company info

  • PowerLattice is a well-funded semiconductor start-up company backed by well-known large Silicon Valley VCs.
  • The company is working on the industry's groundbreaking chiplet solution for a fundamental shift in how high-performance chips get powered, paving the way for the next generation of AI and advanced computing.

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