CPU Design Verification Engineer

CPU Design Verification Engineer focuses on work on a selected part of the cpu design verification to ensure that it functions to the standards of being launch ready for the end product.

What the role involves

• Work on a selected part of the CPU Design Verification to ensure that it functions to the standards of being launch ready for the end product.
• Working with CPU and SOC Architects to understand the concepts and high-level system requirements.
• Developing detailed Test and Coverage plans based on the Architecture and Micro-architecture.
• Developing Verification Methodology, ensuring scalability and portability across environments.
• Developing Verification environment, including all the respective components such as Stimulus, Checkers, Assertions, Trackers, and Coverage.
• Developing Verification Plans and Testbenches for your functional domain.

Skills and requirements

• Knowledge of Random Instruction Sequencing (RIS) and testing a given design, at the Block/Unit-level and Subsystem/Chip-level for proving correctness.
• Experience in leading a small team of Verification engineers performing CPU Verification.
• Advance techniques such as: Formal, Assertions, and Silicon bring up, is helpful.
• In-depth knowledge of Micro-processor functions, Architectures, and Micro-architectures.

Candidate fit

• technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving