Senior Research Fellow (IC Design and EDA)
Core
Lead independent and collaborative research on open-source processor architectures, AI accelerators, and EDA toolchains, focusing on RISC-V based designs and architecture-algorithm co-design.
Role type
Senior Research Fellow (IC Design and EDA)
Builds
Innovative hardware architectures, design methodologies, and open-source hardware/EDA contributions
Domain
Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Semiconductor Industry
Deliverable
production ML models | research
Required skills
RISC-V architecture expertise, processor microarchitecture design, AI accelerator design, ASIC design methodologies, Verilog/SystemVerilog, machine learning algorithms, hardware acceleration techniques, PPA analysis
Preferred skills
Open-source IC design and EDA tools experience, grant proposal writing, project management
Technologies
Verilog, SystemVerilog, RISC-V, open-source EDA tools
Responsibilities
Define research directions and contribute to strategic planning of IC design and EDA initiatives; Design, implement, and evaluate digital ICs; Develop and optimize EDA workflows; Explore architecture-algorithm co-design for machine learning and AI acceleration; Perform performance, power, and area (PPA) analysis; Publish research findings in top-tier conferences and journals; Supervise and mentor PhD students and junior Research Fellows
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC researcher with mentorship responsibilities
