Logical Design Engineer

About Graphcore

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. 

It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry. 

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.  

Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation. 

Job Summary

Working within the Logical Design team, the Silicon Logical Designer is responsible for a wide range of logical design tasks which require working closely with other engineers within the Silicon department. This person is responsible for helping the team deliver high quality micro-architecture specifications and RTL for Graphcore chips, and assisting the rest of the Silicon teams to ensure we can meet the company objectives for silicon delivery.

The Team

The Logical Design team sits within the Silicon team. We are responsible for delivering the micro-architecture and RTL design to implement the chip architecture specification for Graphcore Silicon.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Being part of the Logical Design team, producing high quality micro-architecture specification and RTL for Graphcore chips

• Ensuring good communication between different teams and across multiple sites

• Contributing to shared design infrastructure and flows

• Using EDA tools and the Graphcore design flow to design innovative technologies

• Contributing to block-level and chip-level checks and auditing (Linting, Synthesis, Timing Closure, CDC, RDC, Coverage)

• Working closely with Physical Design, Verification and DFT teams

Essential skills:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject

• Digital design experience in a relevant industry

• Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player

• Ability to work across teams and finding solutions to problems

• Ability to solve design issues through programming, e.g. Python, Tcl

• Strong competency in SystemVerilog or VHDL

• Knowledge of digital design flows

• Capable of managing time and priorities

Desirable:

• Processor design

• Application specific blocks

• High-speed serial interfaces

• Complex third-party IP integration

• Experience leading teams

• Arithmetic pipeline design

• Floating-point design

• Design for test

• Synthesis

• Timing Analysis

• Logical Equivalence

• Project Planning

• Power Integrity

• Silicon transistor knowledge

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar! We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.