CPU Design Verification Engineer

Summary

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In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort collaborating with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.

Description

As a CPU Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows:

• Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of the design
• Develop and lead test plan and test environments
• Develop complex tests in assembly, C, or vectors according to test plans
• Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all the test cases in the plans are covered
• Develop checkers or C-base transactor to verify the design

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS

Academic experience in digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture

Experience with C/C++ programming and Verilog

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions

Understanding of silicon bring-up process

Experience with the development of testplans/testbenches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging assembly-based tests

Should be a great teammate with excellent communication skills and be able to work independently on the verification efforts for a block/area of the design