SoC I/O Subsystem Verification Engineer

Job Description

Are you ready for a new and exciting challenge? If you are a self-motivated design engineer with expertise in micro-architecture, logic design and PCIe and looking to make a difference in an innovative and inclusive team, you’ve come to the right place!

Responsibilities

• As a creative verification engineer with a knowledge of I/O subsystems and SoCs you will be part of a team verifying functional correctness of PCIe, DDR and other I/O in SoC RTL.
• You will work with the project team to understand and review the architecture and design specifications, and to build a functional verification strategy.
• Your key responsibilities will include crafting test plans, developing SystemVerilog/Verilog testbenches and tests, and debugging of test failures and issues.
• You will also contribute to developing and improving the verification methodologies used by the team.
• In addition, you'll work closely with other teams on the design microarchitecture, verification methodologies, system performance, etc.
• You will guide and support other members of the team as needed to enable the successful completion of project activities.
• You will balance other opportunities such as working with Project Management on activities, plans, and schedule as well as guide and support junior members of the team.
  
  

Required Skills & Experience

In addition to bringing your accomplishment of either Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering (or similar field) plus 10-15 years of experience working in design or verification of sophisticated compute subsystems or SoCs, you will need:

• Solid understanding of digital hardware design and Verilog HDL.
• A detailed understanding and experience of the current verification strategies required for sophisticated SoC development, including software-based techniques
• Experience verifying subsystems for PCIe, LPDDR, HBM, UCIe, Ethernet
• Good knowledge of test plan creation and tracking
• Experience verifying RTL for SoC projects
• Low-level programming experience including C and Assembler
• Experience with Perl, Python or other scripting
  
  

Nice To Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with Arm-based designs and/or ARM System Architectures
• Experience with SystemVerilog and verification methodologies – UVM/OVM/e
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented programming concepts.
• Experience or knowledge in the following areas
• Formal verification techniques
• Clock domain crossing verification
• Power aware verification
• Porting peripheral driver software
• Development and deployment of complex Arm SoCs on multiple Emulation platforms as well as direct hands-on test bench development.
  
  

In Return

We are proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together. These behaviors are assessed as part of the hiring process:

• Partner and customer focus
• Teamwork and communication
• Creativity and innovation
• Team and personal development
• Impact and influence
• Deliver on your promises
  
  

We offer a hybrid approach to home and office working to provide an adaptable experience for all employees. We expect some working time to be spent in office, to promote a strong collaborative environment with good team integration but are accommodating to different home working requirements.