CPU Design Verification Sr Engineer

Responsibilities

• Responsible for power management verification, including Boot, Reset, clock gating, power gating, Voltage/frequency management, limit management, and throttling
• Work closely with CPU design and verification teams to develop comprehensive test plans
• Use simulation and formal verification methodologies to execute test plans, including writing checkers and assertions and developing stimulus
• Verify power intent through methodologies such as UPF
• Collaborate with system architects, software teams, and SoC teams to validate system use cases
• Work with emulation teams to enable verification on emulators and FPGA platforms
• Debug and triage failures across simulation, emulation, and silicon

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or a related field
• 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience (Master's degree with 1+ year experience or PhD is also accepted)
• Proven experience in power management verification
• Proficiency in C/C++ and scripting languages
• Strong knowledge of Verilog and SystemVerilog
• Experience with assembly and C language embedded firmware implementation
• Strong understanding of power management features in CPUs and CPU-based SoCs

Preferred Qualifications

• Good understanding of CPU architectures and micro-architectures
• In-depth knowledge of digital logic design, microprocessors, debug features, and DFT architecture
• Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal verification and assertions
• Knowledge of DFT and structural debug concepts and methodologies, including JTAG, IEEE1500, MBIST, scan dump, and memory dump

About the Company

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