CPU Microarchitect

We are seeking an experienced CPU Microarchitect to join our team at MIPS Technologies. As a key member of our engineering team, you will be responsible for defining, leading, and owning the RTL development of a real-time, performance-efficient, low-power microcontroller class CPU core.

• Drive the micro-architecture and design of a critical CPU block or multiple blocks of a CPU core
• Explore high-performance strategies working with the CPU modeling team
• Perform Microarchitecture development and specification from early high-level architectural exploration, through microarchitectural research, and arrive at detailed specifications
• Configure Design Features Development, assessment, and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area, and timing goals
• Perform Functional verification support and assist in the design verification strategy
• Assist with the verification of RTL design performance goals
• Partner with a multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate physical design aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability, and power

• Hands-on working knowledge of the pipeline stages of an in-order or out-of-order high-performance CPU core
• Thorough knowledge of microprocessor architecture, including expertise in one or more of the following areas: Instruction fetch and decode, branch prediction techniques, Instruction scheduling, register renaming, Reorder Buffer (ROB), Out-of-order execution, Integer and Floating-point execution, Load/Store execution, Instruction and Data Prefetch, Cache and memory subsystems, Knowledge of Cache coherency and memory consistency, Knowledge of System Verilog, Verilog, and/or VHDL, Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools, Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications
• Master's with 8-11 years of experience, PhD + 5-7 years of work experience

• Experience with designing RISC-V, ARM, and/or MIPS CPU
• Experience with Hardware multi-threading, virtualization, and SIMD designs
• Experience with real-time microcontroller designs
• Understanding of high-performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
• Understanding of low-power microarchitecture techniques
• Experience using a scripting language such as Perl or Python
• Understanding of CPU integration at SoC level
• Understanding of Safety and Security microarchitecture

The base salary range for this role is between $155,000-$230,000 per year. In addition, this role may be eligible for equity, and other discretionary bonuses. MIPS Technologies offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a competitive total rewards package.

We are a fast-growing team of technologists creating the industry's highest performance RISC-V processors. Our non-compartmentalized structure allows for a great deal of autonomy, with support from some of the industry's most experienced CPU engineers. We offer an unlimited growth path, with the right skills, you can decide where you want to expand and grow in your role at MIPS Technologies. The opportunity to learn a great deal about the blossoming RISC-V architecture in cutting-edge applications with industry-leading customers.

MIPS Technologies is well-known as a microprocessor pioneer, having led the way in RISC-based computing to enable faster and more power-efficient semiconductors for a wide range of applications from consumer electronics to networking and communications. We are once again leading a RISC revolution as we build on our deep roots to accelerate the RISC-V architecture for high-performance applications.