CareerPlan

CPU Micro-architect/RTL Designer (Multiple Locations)

Austin, Texas, United States of AmericaFull-time$176k–$263k2026-09-17 → 2026-11-10

Core

Develop CPU micro-architecture and RTL design for high performance, low power devices.

Role type

CPU Micro-architecture and RTL Design Engineer

Builds

High performance, low power CPU cores

Domain

Semiconductor / CPU Engineering

Required skills

Microprocessor architecture, Verilog, VHDL, Logic design, Timing analysis, Power analysis, Scripting (Perl/Python)

Preferred skills

Instruction fetch/decode, Branch prediction, Instruction scheduling, Register renaming, Out-of-order execution, Integer/floating point execution, Load/store execution, Prefetching, Cache/memory subsystems, Simulators, Waveform debugging tools

Responsibilities

Performance exploration, Microarchitecture development and specification, RTL ownership, Functional verification support, Performance verification support, Design delivery

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC