Research Staff Member – AI Hardware

Key Skills

Python Programming, SQL, Machine learning techniques, RTL design, R Programming

Job Description

• Country/Region:US
• State:MULTIPLE
• City:Multiple Cities
• Category:Research
• Required Education:Master's Degree
• Position Type:Professional
• Employment Type:Full-Time
• Contract Type:Regular
• Company:(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
• Req ID:523803BR
• Travel Required:Some travel may be required based on business demand

At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities

IBM’s Brain Inspired Computing team at IBM Research – Almaden, creators of the TrueNorth neuromorphic chip, seeks team players with proven pre-silicon verification and post-silicon test expertise. If you have strong desire to build state-of-the-art digital chips and systems join us and let’s reshape the future of AI.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Ideal candidates will have expertise in several of the following areas:

• Verification and validation with SystemVerilog and UVM environments
• Test bench and test case development for block-level and top-level modules
• Debugging functional errors in RTL working closely with design engineers
• Defining and implementing functional coverage and constrained random verification methods
• Developing and improving design verification environments to ensure coverage closure
• Linux environments and administration
• EDA tools or EDA tool administration
• Large-scale neuromorphic systems or neural network hardware
• Expert level programming skills in C++, Python
• Basic machine learning knowledge
• Logic and RTL design, simulation, test and debug
• VLSI design including logic design (synchronous and/or asynchronous), physical design, integration,
  verification, and validation
• Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design/debug, Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) development/debug
• Training neural networks for hardware-constrained systems in PyTorch or similar frameworks

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

1) At least 2 years experience in any of the following: SystemVerilog or UVM
2) At least 2 year in C++/Python and Object Oriented Methodology

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

1) At least 3 years experience in any of the following: SystemVerilog or UVM
2) At least 3 year in C++/Python and Object Oriented Methodology