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As a CPU Verification Engineer within the CPU Engineering group, you will collaborate with Chip Architects to validate CPU and SOC level micro-architectures. You will be responsible for ensuring that specific parts of the CPU design are launch-ready by developing detailed test and coverage plans based on high-level system requirements. Your daily work involves creating scalable verification methodologies, building environments including stimulus, checkers, assertions, and trackers, and executing plans for design bring-up and regressions while debugging failures. You will utilize tools such as simulators, waveform viewers, and gate-level simulation while writing testbenches, transactors, and assembly code. The role requires expertise in micro-processor functions like cache coherence, memory ordering, and branch prediction to solve complex architectural challenges at the block, unit, and subsystem levels for ensuring functional correctness.
Develop detailed test and coverage plans based on CPU and SoC micro-architectures.
Create scalable and portable verification methodologies across different environments.
Build verification environments including stimulus, checkers, assertions, trackers, and coverage components.
Develop specific verification plans and testbenches for assigned functional domains.
Execute design bring-up, DV environment bring-up, and regressions to enable all features.
Debug test failures and track progress using bug reports and coverage metrics.
What we're looking for
A minimum of a BS degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science (preferred).
Deep knowledge of Micro-Processor Verification functions and Architectures (preferred).
Knowledge of Random Instruction Sequencing and testing designs at Block/Unit and Subsystem/Chip levels (preferred).
Experience leading a small team of Verification engineers performing CPU Verification (preferred).
Proficiency in advanced techniques such as Formal, Assertions, and Silicon bringup (preferred).
Experience writing Test plans, portable Testbenches, Transactors, and Assembly code (preferred).
Experience with various Verification Methodologies and Tools including Simulators, Coverage collection, Gate-level Simulation, Waveform viewers, and Mixed signal Verification (preferred).
Ability to develop and work independently on a Block/Unit of the design (preferred).