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CPU Design Verification Engineer (Senior level) - Cambridge, UK
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CPU Design Verification Engineer (Senior level) - Cambridge, UK
Company
Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd
Job Area
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering
General Summary
About Us
Cambridge is Qualcomm's largest office in the UK, with about 400 team members including engineers, business strategists and support staff. From an engineering perspective, we have teams focussing on: RF and PMU analog design, digital design & verification, digital physical design, embedded software, packaging and post-silicon validation. Target products include: high performance CPUs and GPUs, ultra-low power IoT devices, and wearables such as smart glasses, smart watches and earbuds.
About The Role
Please note this role requires you to work onsite 5 days per week in our Cambridge office.
As a CPU Verification Engineer, Senior you will work with Chip Architects to validate the concepts of CPU and SOC level micro-architectures. You will 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 will you be doing?
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. Executing Verification Plans, including Design Bring-up, DV environment Bring-up, Regressions enabling all features under your care, and Debug of the test failures. Tracking and report DV progress using a variety of metrics, including Bugs and Coverage.
What are we looking for?
Deep knowledge of Micro-Processor Verification functions and Architectures, in domains such as: Cache Coherence, Memory ordering and Consistency, Prefetching, Branch Prediction, Renaming, Speculative execution, and Address Translation/Memory Management. 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. Experience in writing Test plans, portable Testbenches, Transactors, and Assembly code. Experience with different Verification Methodologies and Tools such as Simulators, Coverage collection, Gate-level Simulation, Waveform viewers, and Formal Proof Tools. Ability to develop and work independently on a Block/Unit of the design.
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What's On Offer
Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:
Salary, stock and performance related bonus Maternity/Paternity Leave Employee stock purchase scheme Matching pension scheme Education Assistance Relocation and immigration support (if needed) Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being Bicycle purchase scheme Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.
References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.
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