Senior CPU Microarchitecture & Logic Design Engineer
About the role
This role is responsible for designing and implementing high-performance execution units in CPU designs, optimizing for power, performance, and area (PPA).
What you'll do
- Design and implement high-performance execution units in CPU architectures. - Optimize execution unit designs for power, performance, and area (PPA). - Work closely with cross-functional teams to refine microarchitecture. - Develop RTL and validate designs. - Define execution unit architecture.
What you'll need
- Experience in CPU microarchitecture and logic design. - Demonstrated background developing RTL for high-performance execution units. - Experience with power, performance, and area (PPA) optimization. - Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams on design validation.
Skills: CPU microarchitecture, logic design, high-performance execution units, PPA optimization, RTL
This role has been open 196 days — well above the 66-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1081
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Median days open
66 d
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Median salary
$185k
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| Metric | Ahead Computing | All employers we track in this specialty (1081 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 1081 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 13 | 3359 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 196 d | 66 d (+130 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: CPU microarchitecture, logic design, high-performance execution units, PPA optimization, RTL
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 158 open roles · median 63 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 40 d
- AMD · 77 open roles · median 45 d
- Analog Devices · 49 open roles · median 56 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 44 open roles · median 100 d
- NVIDIA · 37 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 1081 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.