Principal Design Implementation Lead

What you will do

• Lead microarchitecture development and specification of hardware IP prototyping- From early high-level architectural exploration, through micro-architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification.
• RTL ownership: Development, assessment and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area and timing goals.
• Validation: Support testbench development and simulation for functional and performance verification.
• Performance exploration and correlation: Explore high performance strategies and validate that the RTL design meets targeted performance.
• Implement RTL and synthesize design within constraints of area, timing, performance and power.
• Participate in design reviews, test plan and verification coverage definition.
• Analyze SoTA intellectual property and participate in activities related to protecting intellectual property.
• Collaborate and create networks with different functional teams.

What we do for you

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will define the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. In everything we do, your future colleagues are guided by the imec values of passion, excellence, connectedness and integrity. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth. 

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits.
This is your opportunity to define and help drive imec’s system architecture roadmap to build the AI technology of the near and far away future.

Who you are

• BS/MS or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics Engineering.
• 10+ years of SoC micro-architecture and design experience.
• Extensive experience in designing and integrating communication centric IPs within complex SoCs.
• Strong understanding of hardware design, timing analysis, clock domain crossing, lint and verification.
• Experience in IP, Algorithm Model development using C/C++/SystemC.
• A Technical Lead with a collaborative way of working. You enjoy sharing experience and knowledge with colleagues and transparency and integrity are important in your professional relationships.
• Hands on lab bring-up and debug experience and familiarity with lab instruments.
• Your networking skills, creativity, persistence, and passion for what you do are highly valued. 
• We are looking for your excellent communication skills in English, as you will work in a multicultural team and closely with our partners.