Senior Software Engineer

About SiFive

As the pioneers who introduced RISC-V to the world, SiFive is transforming the future of compute by bringing the limitless potential of RISC-V to the highest performance and most data-intensive applications in the world. SiFive’s unrivaled compute platforms are continuing to enable leading technology companies around the world to innovate, optimize and deliver the most advanced solutions of tomorrow across every market segment of chip design, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive, data center, mobile, and consumer. With SiFive, the future of RISC-V has no limits.

At SiFive, we are always excited to connect with talented individuals, who are just as passionate about driving innovation and changing the world as we are.  

Our constant innovation and ongoing success is down to our amazing teams of incredibly talented people, who collaborate and support each other to come up with truly groundbreaking ideas and solutions.  Solutions that will have a huge impact on people's lives; making the world a better place, one processor at a time. 

Are you ready?  

To learn more about SiFive’s phenomenal success and to see why we have won the GSA’s prestigious Most Respected Private Company Award (for the fourth time!), check out our website and Glassdoor pages.

Job Description:

The Role:

As a Software Engineer on the Platform Execution team, you will be working with an experienced team to build and support the systems and infrastructure that SiFive uses to build our products. You will work closely with a mentor in a small group to build automated flows that support the generation of Customer Deliverables of SiFive's RISC-V Core IP. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with a software background to get involved in modern silicon design.

Responsibilities

• Interface with Customer Delivery team on flow feature requests and define and implement new features and APIs on the system platform

• Develop modular, reusable and scalable software flows that interface industry standard verification tools with cutting-edge RTL generation engines for SiFive’s RISC-V Core IP product

• Collaborate with digital design and physical design engineers to validate RTL generator outputs over a wide design space.

Requirements

• Proficiency in python software development

• Understanding of API and data structure design

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

• Interest in building modular, scalable and resilient flows and tools.

• Strong written communication skills

• Ability to work independently

If you want to do incredible work and be challenged by exciting, truly innovative projects that will test the boundaries of your skills and creativity, then SiFive is the place for you! Be proud of your work. Do things better. Join SiFive.

Additional Information:

This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in:

Any offer of employment for this position is also contingent on the Company verifying that you are a authorized for access to export-controlled technology under applicable export control laws or, if you are not already authorized, our ability to successfully obtain any necessary export license(s) or other approvals.

SiFive is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.