Exceptionally accomplished VLSI physical design engineers are sought to join a New York–based interdisciplinary research group that is developing special-purpose supercomputers designed in part to fundamentally transform the process of drug discovery.  Our project aims to combine an innovative, massively parallel architecture with algorithmic advances in computational biochemistry. 

Successful candidates will have proven expertise in the design and analysis of high-performance clock and power delivery networks, custom circuit design and layout, full-chip floorplanning and integration, hierarchical design methodologies, and definition and validation of timing closure and other sign-off criteria.  Experience with semiconductor technologies beyond the 32/28nm node is desirable.

Our small team of talented hardware engineers will be working on large (~400 mm^2), high-performance designs (>1GHz clock rate, > 1Tbps I/O bandwidth) in cutting-edge (20nm or later) process technologies.  Members of our team are expected to plan, analyze, and execute on multiple aspects of the implementation process. 

Excellent communication and quantitative analysis skills are required.  We reward our exceptionally qualified employees with above-market compensation.

D. E. Shaw Research ("DESRES") is an independent research laboratory that conducts basic scientific research in the field of computational biochemistry under the direct scientific leadership of Dr. David Shaw, who serves as its Chief Scientist.