Advanced Technology Exploration Engineer

Advanced Technology Exploration Engineer

Primary Location: Austin-this is a hybrid role with 3 days in the office and 2 days work from home. This job may not be performed 100% remote.

Role Summary:

This position is within MCU/MPU SoC Implementation organization, and specifically in the  Advanced Technology Exploration Group. This Design group responsible for New technology exploration and Performance, Power and Area (PPA) analysis of complex IP and sub-systems in High Performance Processors and Advanced Microcontrollers within NXP.  The candidate will be working on the fast paced, and leading edge advanced node technologies building exciting and complex SoCs. Will be a major influencer in the development and support of the SoC implementation Organization’s charter to build world-class MCU/MPUs.

Job Responsibility:

• Collaborate with cross-functional architecture & technology development teams, providing them with detailed technical studies and recommendations of new IP and technologies critical for creating differentiating and unique product solutions.

• Benchmark processors, accelerator cores, interconnect & DDR systems and other digital IP for performance, power, and area (PPA) tradeoffs and determine the correct balance for a given product type.

• Perform competitive analysis studies involving both internal and external IP to determine current and project future state-of-the-art PPA metrics. 

• Design and execute Synthesis and Place and Route experiments in advanced nodes utilizing a complete RTL to GDS Flow for both Internal and 3rd-party IP PPA evaluation

• Evaluate clocking, timing closure, power reduction, and PDN signoff solutions while collaborating with design and execution teams to integrate those new solutions into the product development flows.

• Developing specifications for both internal and 3rd-party IP, participating in make vs. buy analysis, and selecting the right IP.

Job Qualification:

• BS  in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 8 or more years of experience

• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 5 or more years of experience

• Experience in EDA flows for Synthesis and Place & Route

• Experience in designing or architecting complex SoCs in leading-edge process nodes with multiple independent compute environments.

• Track record of assessing performance, power, and area tradeoffs and determining the correct balance for a given product type.

• Deep knowledge of ARM architecture specifications.

• Experience in defining IP components and coding RTL to implement digital control blocks

• Experience with ISO26262 Functional Safety standard and compliance is a plus.

NXP Introduction:

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