Automotive Memory System Architect/Principal Engineer

Summary

In this role, you will be a key member of Memory System Design Team, working with architecture, modeling, silicon, software, and other design teams to develop a competitive design. We are looking for highly motivated, hands-on individuals who are passionate about memory performance improvement to benefit memory access behavior in sophisticated system.

*The position is open for San Diego, CA and San Jose, CA.

Major Responsibilities

• Co-work with system architect to develop competitive and scalable Memory System architecture
• Drive Memory System architecture and designs to optimize power, performance, and implementation
• System-Level Understanding: Exhibit a system-level understanding of performance trade-offs, system architecture, memory subsystems, and various memory technologies (DDR3, DDR4, DDR5, LPDDR3, LPDDR4, LPDDR5 etc.)
• Develop and implement tailored Memory System for automotive applications. Validate functionality, improve design revisions, and meet performance targets as well as system requirements.
• Ensure that all designs comply with automotive industry standards and regulations, such as ISO 26262 and Automotive SPICE.
• Co-work with DV team to well verify RTL design
• Support software team to resolve Memory System related issue

Desired skills and experience

• Good knowledge in computer architecture, microarchitecture, and performance
• Good knowledge of the automotive requirements and standards (e.g., ISO26262)
• 10+ years or relevant design experience and knowledge in architecture, RTL design, performance analysis and power optimization.
• Experience in designing and optimizing system level cache for automotive applications
• Experience with automotive-grade DRAM interface standards and memory technologies such as DDR3, DDR4, DDR5, LPDDR3, LPDDR4, LPDDR5 etc.
• Familiarity with system cache, memory controller or DDRPHY for safety, security
• Familiarity with the architecture and the micro-architectures of recent ARM processor is a plus
• Familiarity with AMBA AXI, CHI and LPDDR4/5 interfaces/protocols is a plus
• Good communicating, problem solving, root causing and debugging skills

Education

M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or relevant subjects.

Salary range: $190,000 - $250,000

Employee may be eligible for performance bonus, short and long term incentive programs. Actual total compensation will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience and qualifications. In addition, MediaTek provides a variety of benefits including comprehensive health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays, Paid time off (PTO), Parental leave, 401K and more.

MediaTek is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.