CPU Verification Engineer

2 Weeks ago • 5-12 Years

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CPU Verification Engineer required with 5-12 years of experience in verification methodology. Must have strong assembly and CPU (x86/ARM/RISC-V) architecture knowledge and proficiency in C, C++, Verilog, and scripting languages. Responsibilities include test plan development, testbench design, and execution of verification plans.

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Job Description:

Key Qualifications

Preferably BE/B.Tech/ME/M.Tech in EEE/ECE/CSE with 5-12 years of relevant industry experience.

Should have experience in verification methodology.

Architecting and development of testbench, test-bench components for ISA features, clock/reset/power features of processor.

Strong assembly and CPU (x86/ARM/RISC-V) architecture knowledge.

Strong in C, C++, Verilog, and scripting (Perl, Python) languages.

Ability to work independently and across geographies

Requirement:

Role and Responsibilities

Work with CPU architects to get understand processor micro-architecture

Develop detailed test and coverage plans for ISA and micro-architecture features

Design and develop component, block and core level testbenches including stimulus engines, microarchitectural models, checkers

Build architectural tools for ISA level verification

Develop stimulus generators that scale from pre-silicon to emulation and post-silicon domain

Execute verification plans, including DV environment bring-up, regression enabling for all features under your care, debug of the test failures

Track and report DV progress using a variety of metrics, including bugs and coverage

Preferred Qualifications:

Deep knowledge in processor verification function and architecture, in areas such as cache coherence, memory ordering and consistency, prefetching, branch prediction, renaming, speculative execution, and memory translation

Knowledge in Random Instruction Sequencing (RIS) and testing associated as block/unit and chip level for proving correctness

Have lead a small team of verification engineers doing CPU verification

Advanced techniques such as formal, assertions, and silicon bring up a plus

Experience in writing test plans, portable benches, transactors, and assembly

Experience with many different verification methodologies and tools such as simulators, coverage collection, gate level simulation

Able to develop test bench and work independently on a block/unit of the design