Processor Verification Engineer

Processor Verification Engineer

    Job Number: 21019755
    Santa Clara Valley, California, United States
    Posted: 21-Dec-2012
    Weekly Hours: 40.00

Job Summary

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Description

Description: In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort interfacing with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. Core Responsibilities: As a chip verification engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a chip design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: •Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of the design •Develop test plans and test environments •Develop 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 •Write assertions and apply formal verification to the design
Education

Education: BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering is required. Qualifications: The ideal candidate should have 2+ years of processor verification experience. •In-depth knowledge of digital logic design, chip architecture and microarchitecture. •Experience with expertise in developing testplans/testbenches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging assembly based tests. •Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions a plus. •Experience in silicon bringup a plus. •Should be a team player with excellent communication skills, be able to work independently on the verification efforts for a block/area of the design.