Your Role and Responsibilities:
- As a Functional verification engineer, you will be working on IBM server processors/SOC or ASICs used in IBM servers.
- Leading the development of the verification environment, testbenches and writing testcases.
- Develop skills in IBM Functional verification tools and methodologies.
- Work with design as well as other key stakeholders in debugging and fixing logic design issues and deliver a quality design.
- Work with development team to ensure coverage criteria is met.
Required Education:
Preferred Education:
Required Technical and Professional Expertise:
- 9+ years of experience in Functional Verification of processors or ASICs.
- Minimum 6+ years of experience in any of the following: Computer architecture knowledge, Processor core design specifications, instruction set architecture and logic verification.
- Core architecture/micro-architecture verification.
- Multi-processor cache coherency, Memory subsystem verification.
- IO subsystem knowledge, any of the protocols like PCIe/CXL, DDR, Flash, Ethernet etc.
- AXI/AHB/ACE/ACE-lite fabric verification or any other SoC fabric verification.
- Gate level simulation and emulation.
- Track record in leading team.
- Clock domain crossing and reset domain crossing verification.
- Knowledge of functional verification methodology - UVM/OVM/SystemVerilog/SystemC.
- Knowledge of HDLs (Verilog, VHDL).
- Developed test-plans and test strategies for IP/unit/block level verification.
- Good object-oriented programming skills in C/C++, scripting languages like Python/Perl.
- Worked on multiple levels of verification (unit/element/sub-system/system level).
- Development experience on Linux/Unix environments, GIT repositories and good understanding of Continuous Integration and DevOps workflow.
- Exposure in developing testbench environment, write complex test scenario, debugging and triaging fails.
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience:
- Stress testing and ability to identify corner case scenarios.
- Knowledge of high-speed SERDES and PHY Verification.
- Good understanding of computer system architecture and microarchitecture.
- Knowledge in IP Integration and SoC level verification.
