Processor Verification Engineer

As a Functional Verification Engineer at IBM

Verify different functions/Components of the Server Processor chip, Memory BIST or Reset Flow and Boot Firmware.

Your primary responsibilities include:

• Work with logic and development teams to identify test scenarios, create test plans and execute the scenarios.
• Create/Update the test environment and code automated test scenarios and environments.
• Work with development and system tests team to ensure coverage criteria is met.
• Create/Update formal verification rules for various functions in PCIe and PIPE specification.
• Develop skills in IBM Functional verification tools and apply them successfully.

Required education

• Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

• Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 5+ years of experience in pre-silicon functional verification
• 3+ years of experience in Memory BIST or Reset Flow/Boot Firmware
• Good understanding of the hardware development cycle for the product
• Expertise in Object Oriented Programming concepts using C++/System Verilog to design and develop reusable functional verification components
• Good Understanding of VHDL or Verilog, and able to trace the source of unexpected design behaviour through to RTL source
• Track record of defining new approaches to verification that are adopted by others and progress the state of the art of verification within a team
• Expertise in automation language, tool and scripts – Python/Perl
• Experience in test automation
• Analytical skills, decision making ability and attention to details
• Ability to work in a team, under schedule pressure and maintain deadlines
• Development experience with Linux / Unix
• Experience in Test Plan creation and develop test cases from the requirements & Design Documents, reviews, reports creation
• Strong communication skills and passionate to work well as part of a team

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Stress testing and ability to identify corner case scenarios
• Good understanding of computer system architecture and microarchitecture
• Knowledge in Standard IO protocols (I2C, SPI and other serial interface)
• Knowledge in PHY Verification
• Knowledge in IP Integration and SoC
• Knowledge in Server boot Flow
• Knowledge in Secure boot Firmware