Cpu Design Verification Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Bangalore, India

This role is for a CPU Design Verification Engineer at Intel, focusing on validating next-generation CPUs. Responsibilities include developing pre-silicon functional verification tests, creating and executing verification plans, defining and analyzing simulation/emulation models, debugging failures, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role also involves contributing to the definition of architectural features and exploring AI-based validation methodologies for improved efficiency and quality.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop pre-silicon functional verification tests to validate CPU logic, ensuring design requirements are met.
  2. Create and execute verification plans, including IP test benches and verification environments, to confirm coverage of CPU Instruction Set Architecture and microarchitecture specifications.
  3. Define, run, and analyze Core level simulation and emulation models to identify bugs, debug issues, and root cause design failures in the presilicon environment.
  4. Implement corrective measures to resolve failing tests and improve overall design quality.
  5. Collaborate with CPU architects, RTL developers, and physical design teams to enhance verification of complex architectural and microarchitectural features.

Skills

Required

  • SystemVerilog
  • OVM/UVM
  • validation strategy development
  • debugging test failures
  • Emulation and FPGA HW platforms
  • semi randomized test generators
  • coverage driven Validation methodologies
  • scripting languages such as Python, Tcl, or Perl

Nice to have

  • processor verification techniques and tools
  • SystemVerilog Assertions/ UVM methodologies
  • Functional test development using C / x86 assembly
  • verifying power management, cache controllers, virtualization, memory coherency and Client/Server centric CPU features
  • analytical problem-solving skills
  • teamwork abilities

What the JD emphasized

  • AI based validation methodologies
  • AI based methodologies in Validation