Senior Staff ASIC Design Engineer, Neural Processor

Summary Description:

Syntiant Corp., a leader in the high-growth AI software and semiconductor solutions space, is looking for an experienced and talented Senior Staff ASIC Design Engineer to take on a critical role with expansive responsibilities and play a leading role in enhancing the Hardware Engineering in a growing organization.

As Digital ASIC Design Engineer, you will be a key player in the ASIC R&D team. You are presented with a unique opportunity to be part of the complete digital ASIC design flow, from specification and modelling, implementation and verification, to synthesis and silicon bring-up. Further, you will play an important role in supporting complex failure analyses to ensure smooth ramp-ups and high-volume production.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Architect & implement Syntiant's next-generation Neural Digital Processor (NDP) for low-power edge AI applications.
• Work closely with Machine Learning (ML) team to analyze, map & co-optimize state-of-the-art neural network models to Syntiant's current and next-generation NDP engine.
• Create power and performance profiling tool for NDP engine.
• Lead PPA (Power/Performance/Area) tradeoff analysis to improve design.
• Pre-/post-silicon design validation and performance testing.