Ventana Micro Systems is at the forefront of the two hottest trends that are revolutionizing the semiconductor industry: RISC-V and Chiplet Architecture. We invite you to join the revolution and contribute to one of the hottest Semiconductor startups in the industry.
Ventana is looking to fill multiple technical Senior Engineer positions to continue the development of its innovative RISC-V processors and subsystems. We seek experienced professionals who can successfully work cross-functionally between all pre-silicon disciplines (arch/uarch, design, DV, software, performance, emulation/prototyping), focusing on the development, debugging, and maintenance of complex system-level hybrid execution environments to enable pre-silicon bring-up of system software and performance benchmarking workloads.
Requirements:
- 8+ years industry experience
- Bachelors or Masters or PhD degree in related engineering field
- Ability to take initiative, work independently and across geographies
- Strong domain knowledge of computer architecture
Skills & Qualifications Desired:
- Hands-on experience with commercial emulation (Cadence Palladium, Mentor Veloce) and/or prototyping (Cadence Protium, HAPS) solutions: transactor development, virtual prototyping, implementation/enablement of flows for advanced verification techniques (assertions, coverage, UPF)
- Good understanding of modern SystemVerilog for design and verification
- Strong software development experience in compiled (C/C++) and interpreted (Python, Tcl) languages
- Strong hardware/software co-debug skills
- Exposure to isolating and reproducing silicon bugs in emulation
- Hands-on knowledge of firmware, OS (Linux, RTOS) and hypervisor (Xen, KVM) open source software stacks for embedded and server applications
- Industry experience with CPU architectures (RISC-V, x86, armv8), coherent communication protocols and standard IO interfaces
- Crisp and clear communication skills
BASE SALARY RANGE:
$115,000 TO $268,000 per year
EEOE:
Ventana is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and uphold an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.
COVID-19:
Ventana encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated (and boosted, if eligible) against COVID-19. We do require proof of vaccination (or proof of a negative PCR test) to work in the office or meet with customers/business partners.