Introduction

　　As a Hardware Developer at IBM, you'll get to work on the systems that are driving the quantum revolution and the AI era. Join an elite team of engineering professionals who enable IBM customers to make better decisions quicker on the most trusted hardware platform in today's market.

　　Your Role and Responsibilities

　　As a Logic design lead in the IBM Systems division, you will be responsible for the micro architecture, design and development of a high-bandwidth, low-latency on-chip interconnect (NoC) and chip-to-chip interconnect and integration into high-performance IBM Systems.

　　Design and architect different interconnect topologies as driven by bandwidth, latency, and RAS requirements

　　Develop the features, present the proposed architecture in the High level design discussion

　　Develop micro-architecture, Design RTL, Collaborate with the Verification, DFT, Physical design, FW, SW teams to develop the feature

　　Signoff the Pre-silicon Design that meets all the functional, area and timing goals

　　Participate in silicon bring-up and validation of the hardware

　　Required Technical and Professional Expertise

　　8 to 15 years of relevant experience

　　At least 1 generation of processor interconnect design delivery leadership (eg UPI, axi, amba, NoC).

　　Expertise of SMP coherency

　　Experience in different on-chip interconnect topologies (e.g., mesh, crossbar)

　　Understanding of various snoop and data network protocols

　　Understanding of latency & bandwidth requirements and effective means of implementation

　　Working knowledge of queuing theory numa/nuca architecture

　　Proficient in HDLs- VHDL / Verilog

　　Experience in High speed and Power efficient logic design

　　Experience in working with verification, validation, physical design teams for design closure including test plan reviews and verification coverage

　　Good understanding of Physical Design and able to collaborate with physical design team for floor planning, wire layer usage and budgets, placement of blocks for achieving high-performance design

　　Experience in leading uarch, RTL design teams for feature enhancements.

　　Follow agile project leadership principles. Work with the team on estimation and execution plan.

　　Ability to quickly understand issues spanning multiple functional domains, switch context frequently and provide solutions to problems, is necessary.

　　Requirements : Masters in VLSI with demonstrated experience in the micro architecture and design of state of art Processor features to enhance high performance secure system performance.

　　Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

　　NoneAbout Business UnitIBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

　　This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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