IBM IBM SENIOR LOGIC DESIGN ENGINEER – Core Units Front End Pipeline 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

57081374

• Lead the architecture, design and development of Processor Core Front end of pipeline units for high-performance IBM Systems.
• Architect and design I-Cache, Instruction Fetch, Branch Prediction and Decode units of a high performance processor CPU
• Develop the features, present the proposed architecture in the High level design discussions
• Estimate the overall effort to develop the feature.
• Estimate silicon area and wire usage for the feature.
• Develop micro-architecture, Design RTL, Collaborate with other Core units, Verification, DFT, Physical design, Timing, FW, SW teams to develop the feature
• Signoff the Pre-silicon Design that meets all the functional, area and timing goals
• Participate in post silicon lab bring-up and validation of the hardware
• Lead a team of engineers, guide and mentor team members, represent as Logic Design Lead in global forums.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 8 or more years of demonstrated experience in architecting and designing specific CPU unit(eg. I-Cache, Instruction Fetch, Branch Prediction, Instruction Decode)
• Hands on experience of different Branch Prediction techniques
• Deep expertise in Out of Order, Super Scalar, Multi-Threaded Core Architecture and ISA
• Experience with high frequency, instruction pipeline designs
• At least 1 generation of Processor Core silicon bring up experience
• In depth understanding of industry microprocessor designs (e.g., x86, ARM, or RISC-V processor designs)
• Proficiency of RTL design with Verilog or VHDL
• Knowledge of at least one object oriented or functional programming language and scripting language.
• Nice to haves
• Knowledge of instruction decode and handling pipeline hazards
• Knowledge of verification principles and coverage
• High-level knowledge of Linux operating system
• Understanding of Agile development processes
• Experience with DevOps design methodologies and tools

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise