Senior Design Engineer — CPU Fetch Unit
TachyumJob Title
Senior Design Engineer — CPU Fetch Unit
Role Summary
Design and implement the CPU fetch unit microarchitecture for Tachyum's Prodigy processors, supporting both general-purpose and AI workloads. Collaborate with microarchitecture, verification, and backend teams to define fetch behavior, branch prediction, and interfaces to other CPU subsystems.
Experience Level
Senior; ideal 5–8 years of relevant CPU/microarchitecture design experience. Exceptional candidates with different experience levels may be considered.
Responsibilities
The role focuses on architecting and delivering high-performance instruction fetch and branch-prediction logic.
- Architect and design fetch unit and branch-prediction components for high-performance processors.
- Develop RTL in Verilog/SystemVerilog and support synthesis, static timing analysis (STA), CDC checks, and LINT.
- Integrate the fetch unit with front-end, execution, verification, and validation teams.
- Optimize designs for deep-submicron low-power processes to meet timing and power targets.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience.
- Experience with branch prediction algorithms and instruction fetch design of high-performance microprocessors.
- Strong understanding of computer architecture and microarchitecture trade-offs.
- Logic design experience with deep-submicron technologies and low-power design techniques.
- Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog, synthesis flows, STA, CDC, and LINT.
- Effective collaboration and communication within cross-functional engineering teams.
- Onsite work in Las Vegas, NV.
Nice-to-have: C programming and scripting (Perl, shell, Python, awk).
Education Requirements
Not specified.
About the Company
Company: Tachyum
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Tachyum develops Prodigy, a universal processor that combines CPU, GPU, and TPU capabilities to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient computing for AI, HPC, and cloud data centers. The company focuses on ultra-low power, hyperscale deployments and operates offices in the United States and Slovakia.
