Backend High level Synthesis Engineer

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Backend High level synthesis Engineer

Mentor Graphics a part of Siemens EDA, is looking for a research and development engineer who is required to understand, design and implement algorithm-centric solutions in the high-level synthesis. The role is for industry leading high level synthesis tool – Catapult-C which takes ANSI C/C++ and SystemC inputs and generates register transfer level (RTL) code targeted to FPGAs and ASICs.

Catapult-C tool is used by top hardware design companies for designing cutting edge semiconductor chip design in automotive/machine learning/wireless design/video and image processing etc.

We are looking for a collaborator to contribute to the continuous development effort of Catapult Backend Synthesis. Your role will lead you to:

• Analyze QOR of existing designs in Catapult.
• Contribute to new feature specifications.
• Contribute to the development of those features.
• Work closely with our teams based in Grenoble / Munich / Wilsonville (OR)

These are exciting times in our space – we are growing fast and working on ambitious new initiatives.

https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/ic/ic-design/high-level-synthesis-and-verification-platform/

Required Education, and Experience

Bachelors with proven experience or Master’s degree with substantive experience or PhD graduates (fresh or experienced) in EDA or related areas with degree in Computer Science or equivalent

The Ideal Candidate should demonstrate:

Technical Skills (Must have):

• Strong programming knowledge in C/C++ and object-oriented design skills.
• Excellent algorithm and data-structure design skills with theoretical and practical experience in implementation of complex algorithms.
• Script-programming skills with languages such as TCL, Perl, Python, Shell, etc.
• Familiarity with Unix/Linux operating systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Technical Skills (Desirable) : In few of the below areas

• Understanding/Prior experience in design / implementation of EDA algorithms in the areas of logic synthesis and optimization / High level synthesis / Timing analysis / Formal verification
• Experience in hardware modelling in VHDL/Verilog/SystemC
• Understanding of digital design for ASIC or FPGA.
• Hardware architecture and trade offs for digital arithmetic design.
• System level hardware modelling in areas of Virtual prototyping / Hardware-software co-design etc.
• Prior experience in working/designing of complex algorithms and optimization
• Experience in Compiler design – Language parsing/ Abstract syntax tree optimization/transformation / Loop optimizations / Parallel compiler /Software pipelining / Register allocation etc

General Skills: Strong positive attitude, Good presentation and communication skills, Self-driven and self-motivating, Able to implement technical solutions independently, Relationship building capabilities, Team player.

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