Introduction

At IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability. Our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.

Your Role And Responsibilities

You will be working on the high-performance CPU of IBM Systems.
Responsible for Designing any of the logic blocks in the Core pipeline like Instruction Fetch & Decode, Instruction Sequencing, Integer and Vector execution blocks, Memory Management logic, Load & Store units, Caches, Coherency logic etc.
Develop the features, present the proposed architecture in the High level design discussions
Estimate the overall effort to develop the feature.
Estimate silicon area and wire usage for the feature.
Develop micro-architecture, Design RTL, Collaborate with other Core units, Verification, DFT, Physical design, Timing, FW, SW teams to develop the feature
Signoff the Pre-silicon Design that meets all the functional, area and timing goals
Participate in post silicon lab bring-up and validation of the hardware

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

4-8 or more years of demonstrated experience in logic design of any of the Logic blocks in Core pipeline like Instruction Fetch & Decode, Out-of-Order, Integer or Vector Execution, Load & Store, Memory Management, Caches, Coherency logic of CPU.
Experience with solving timing, power, area and performance issues in high speed design of CPU.
At least 1 generation of Processor Core silicon bring up experience
Good understanding of multiple facets of Microprocessor Designs (e.g., x86, ARM, or RISC-V processor designs)
Proficiency of RTL design with Verilog or VHDL

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Working knowledge of verification principles
Ability to read and understand Physical design reports for solving Timing, Area, Power and Performance issues through logic design changes.
High-level knowledge of Linux operating system
Knowledge of one object oriented language and scripting language
Understanding of Agile development processes
Experience with DevOps design methodologies and tools

IBM LOGIC DESIGN ENGINEER - CORE