Software / Applications Engineer - ASIP Designer Tools
GlobalFoundries8 days ago
Germany (city not specified)Entry Level
Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance retargetable compiler technology using LLVM and specialized optimization and code-generation techniques.
- Build tools for instruction-set simulation, RTL generation, processor implementation, and verification.
- Develop cycle- and instruction-accurate simulations, synthesizable Verilog/VHDL models, automatic test-program generation, and formal verification capabilities.
- Support customers by analyzing applications, developing processor features, investigating technical questions, and assisting with evaluation, development, implementation, and verification.
- Develop AI-powered features that improve processor-development workflows and integrate them into professional engineering tools.
Requirements
- MSc or PhD in engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong programming skills, particularly in C and/or C++.
- Knowledge of or strong interest in processor and computer architecture.
- Interest in developing sophisticated software tools for processor design.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills plus effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience with LLVM, GCC, MLIR, compiler optimization, code generation, processor or DSP architectures, embedded C/C++, assembly, instruction-set simulation, RTL design, Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, SystemC/TLM, UVM, processor or formal verification, DSP algorithms, domain-specific programming models, AI/ML, generative AI, or AI-assisted software engineering is advantageous.
About GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries manufactures semiconductors as a contract foundry, offering process technologies, design enablement, and wafer fabrication for chip designers and device makers across automotive, data center, mobile, and IoT markets. Headquartered in Malta, New York and founded in 2009, it operates fabs in the U.S., Europe, and Asia and is listed on Nasdaq (GFS). Customers use its analog/RF, high-voltage, and specialty nodes alongside advanced CMOS.