Research Programmer II, ASIC Digital Design, remote - Job Order

Company: Job Juncture
Location: Arlington
Posted on: November 20, 2020

Job Description:

Research Programmer II - ASIC Digital Design - Job Order 3068

near Seven Corners, VA 22044

US citizens or permanent resident only

Compensation: $100K to $150K

Relocation allowance is available

Remote work during and maybe after COVID

My client, a technology research organization, is looking for highly talented, motivated researchers to lead and impact state of the art research and development in the area of reconfigurable computing. This position will lead research in algorithm development for custom internal tools which target FPGA and ASIC front end design. These tools solve challenging problems in hardware security, high level abstraction for hardware design, and machine learning acceleration for critical systems. Realize effectiveness of solutions on physical FPGAs and custom ASIC fabrication. Lead research, propose major innovations, collaborate with peers within the group and across the company, publish results in top tier conferences, and contribute to or lead proposals.

The Reconfigurable Computing Group (RCG) is a leader in disrupting and advancing the fields of front-end ASIC and FPGA design, computer architecture, and EDA tools. As an applied research lab, our work spans the creation and maturation of ideas from academic conception to applied research prototypes.

The Reconfigurable Computing Group (RCG) is a leader in disrupting and advancing the fields of front-end ASIC and FPGA design, computer architecture, and EDA tools. As an applied research lab, our work spans the creation and maturation of ideas from academic conception to applied research prototypes.

RCG staff can be found:

Researching and developing toolsets to map AI algorithms directly to hardware,

Optimizing full scale testing of billion transistor FPGAs to minimal runtime,

Performing experiments on the International Space Station,

Utilizing their MOSIS service to fabricate novel computer architectures.

Our success is based on investing in our staff through a culture centered on:

Learning and idea generation,

Transparent and constructive feedback, and

Continual growth through contributing to, creating, and leading a research agenda.

We are looking for highly talented, motivated researchers to lead research and development in the area of secure hardware. Be a member of a high caliber team creating the worlds first customized accelerator for native Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). Lead the synthesis and floorplanning of complex FHE architectures utilizing custom EDA tools. Be an active member of fast-paced ASIC Development team supporting the full life cycle from functional architecture definition to physical implementation, verification, and tape-out. Support efforts analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of hardware security techniques such as obfuscation, logic locking, or programmability for use in advanced lithography nodes and real-world System on a Chip use cases in terms of quantifiable security, overhead, and useability metrics. Lead development while contributing to advanced research, collaborating with peers within the group and across the organization, and contributing to publications in top tier conferences.

My client is willing to hire remotely and this may become a permanent arrangement which means you can send candidates from anywhere in the country.

Requirements:

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• Graduate degree or equivalent experience in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science required.
• 3-5 years of experience in Digital Design targeting and fabricating 22nm or smaller lithography nodes.
• Expert level programming in Synthesizable C, VHDL, or Verilog.
• Experience interfacing and floorplanning with bus (PCIe gen 4/5), memory (DDR3/4), and Single/Differential-ended I/Os in System on Chip designs.
• Expert level user of standard digital design tools such as Cadence Stratus, Genus, and Innovus or Synopsys Synphony, Design Compiler, and IC compiler.
• Previous experience with PCB design.
  
  Preferred Job Qualifications:
  
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  • Experience targeting 12nm or smaller fabrication nodes a significant plus
  • Experience with clock tree insertion, scan-chain insertion, and back end layout a plus.
  • Experience with Cadence JasperGold or Synopsys Formality a plus.
  • Experience with software revision control systems such as Git, Mercurial, SVN, etc
  • Ability to handle export-controlled data. Per U.S. government regulations, eligibility to handle export-controlled data requires U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Residency.
    
    Minimum Education: Master's degree, Combined work experience and education as equivalent Minimum Experience: 3 years Minimum Field of Expertise: Relevant work experience to provide strong technical knowledge of programming and analysis as well as senior or lead experience. Demonstrated ability to stand in for researchers as circumstances require. Demonstrated creativity and innovation in solving conceptual programming problems.

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