Logical Design Engineer

Responsibilities and Duties

• Integrate IP and subsystems into top-level SoC designs
• Develop and maintain build and configuration environments
• Perform synthesis, linting, CDC/RDC, and timing checks at the SoC level
• Support verification and physical design teams through clean interface hand-offs
• Debug and resolve integration-related issues across multiple hierarchies
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of integration flows and automation
• Producing high quality microarchitecture and other documentation
• Ensure good communication between sites to maintain consistent working practices

Essential skills:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Digital design experience in a relevant industry
• Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player
• Ability to work across teams and finding solutions to problems
• Ability to solve design issues through programming, e.g. Python, Tcl
• Strong competency in SystemVerilog or VHDL
• Knowledge of digital design flows
• Capable of managing time and priorities

Desirable:

• Processor design
• Application specific blocks
• High-speed serial interfaces
• Complex third-party IP integration
• Experience leading teams
• Arithmetic pipeline design
• Floating-point design
• Design for test
• Synthesis
• Timing Analysis
• Logical Equivalence
• Project Planning
• Power Integrity
• Silicon transistor knowledge

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar! We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.