(Sr. Staff/Staff) NPU Design Lead / Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop design requirements of an NPU given system level specifications.
• Being part of modelling the performance of the NPU module and its data transaction throughput.
• Microarchitecture design and RTL coding using Verilog / System Verilog HDL for various sub-blocks of the NPU.
• Understanding the mathematics of different convolution operators including different arithmetic formats (fixed point and floating point)
• Estimate, measure and optimize PPA (Performance / Power / Area) to meet key objectives and results.
• Optimizing micro-architecture design for low power and area is required.
• Work closely with verification engineers to ensure comprehensive testing and debug issues.
• Support integration into the overall system, conducting design checks, and addressing lint/timing/CDC issues.
• Collaborate with software teams to assist in compiler and toolchain development and their debuggi...