Staff Engineer, CPU Design Verification

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What You’ll Do

The ARL is one of the research team's of SAIT (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) which is Samsung‘s R&D hub, established as the incubator for cutting-edge technologies. SAIT’s mission has covered various research areas from AI applications/algorithms research, neuromorphic processor, domain-specific accelerators to new materials, quantum computing, and super computer system.

ARL is committed to shaping the future of CPU processor and SoC architecture for the most demanding applications of the future like AI and HPC. We are building the foundation of processors and the related platform which are applied to various business targets of Samsung in the future. 

We are seeking an experienced CPU Verification engineer to join our high-performance CPU design team. In this role, you will be responsible for the development of high impact product. Role involves architecting, designing cluster test environment for verifying high performance CPU. This role requires both technical expertise and strong communication and interpersonal skills to ensure high quality design and to influence cross-functional teams.

Location: Daily onsite presence at our San Jose office/headquarters in alignment with our Flexible Work policy

Job ID: 42637

• Develop and execute verification strategy for CPU design at cluster/unit level.
• Architect, develop UVM based cluster/unit level verification environment to verify functionality of CPU units.
• Develop detailed functional test plans, coverage monitors and analyze coverage to continuously improve quality of design, testbench and tests.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new tools, methodologies, and technologies to increase effectiveness of pre-silicon verification
• Work with architecture and design teams to align verification effort with overall project and organizational goals
• Mentor and guide junior verification team members to foster a collaborative environment and build technical expertise.

What You Bring

• Bachelors in Electrical/Computer Engineer with 10+ years of relevant industry experience, or Masters in Electrical/Computer Engineer with 8+ years or PhD with in Electrical/Computer Engineer with 5+ years preferred.
• Proven experience in unit/cluster level verification of one of the following for high performance CPU units:
  • Out-of-order, Superscalar instruction execution unit
  • Memory subsystem (LSU, MMU, Data Cache hierarchy)
• Experience with high performance processor microarchitecture, and familiarity with digital logic design.
• Strong understanding of CPU architectures, instruction sets (x86, ARM, RISC-V)
• Experience with development of unit test environment: checkers, monitors, BFM’s.
• Proficiency with System Verilog, UVM, SVA, constrained-random test generation.
• Familiarity with Simulators, understanding of best practices to avoid performance issues.
• Familiarity with Formal, Emulation, gate-level simulation and post-silicon debug experience is a plus
• You’re inclusive, adapting your style to the situation and diverse global norms of our people. 
• An avid learner, you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience, seeking data to help build understanding. 
• You’re collaborative, building relationships, humbly offering support and openly welcoming approaches. 
• Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.

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