Cpu Verification Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Arizona, Phoenix, United States

This role focuses on the functional verification of CPU logic, developing test plans and environments, executing simulations, and debugging issues to ensure design specifications are met. It involves collaboration with architects and RTL developers to improve verification of complex features.

What you'd actually do

  1. Performs functional verification of CPU logic to ensure design will meet specification requirements.
  2. Develops IP verification plans, test benches, and the verification environment to ensure coverage to confirm to CPU microarchitecture specifications.
  3. Executes verification plans and defines and runs system simulation models to verify the design, analyze power and timing, and uncover bugs.
  4. Replicates, root causes, and debugs issues in the presilicon environment.
  5. Collaborates with CPU architects, RTL developers, and physical design teams to improve verification of complex architectural and microarchitectural features and to meet functional, performance, and power goals.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with 2+ years of related work experience in CPU validation or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with experience in CPU validation
  • 6+ months of experience in the developing and debugging functional tests for a CPU

Nice to have

  • Strong knowledge of CPU architecture (concepts such as caching, pipelining, paging, virtual memory) and micro-architecture and validation environment
  • Demonstrated expertise in understanding the design of complex Intel Architecture CPU, developing and debugging of functional tests in Assembly language in pre-silicon simulation environment

What the JD emphasized

  • developing and debugging functional tests for a CPU is essential
  • Strong knowledge of CPU architecture
  • developing and debugging of functional tests in Assembly language in pre-silicon simulation environment are required skills