Design Verification Engineer- Tile

Cerebras · Semiconductors · Headquarters +1 · Silicon

The Design Verification Engineer will work on Cerebras' AI chip, ensuring the quality of the silicon design. This involves developing verification strategies, creating testbenches, managing regressions, and debugging complex issues across simulation and silicon bring-up. The role requires strong debugging, SystemVerilog, UVM, and scripting skills, with a focus on ensuring the hardware meets the demands of AI workloads.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work with architects, designers, post-silicon, and software engineers, to ensure a high-quality design that works for silicon.
  2. Develop and implement verification strategies, detailed tests, and coverage plans based on micro-architecture.
  3. Create verification methodologies and reusable environments, including components such as stimulus, checkers, assertions, and coverage.
  4. Implement tests, manage regressions, gather coverage, and debug test failures.
  5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architecture, RTL design, physical design, firmware, and validation.

Skills

Required

  • SystemVerilog testbench
  • DPI
  • UVM
  • Object-oriented design
  • Scripting languages (Python or Perl)
  • Verification methodologies and tools (simulators, waveform viewers, build and run automation, coverage collection, gate-level simulations)
  • Debugging and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of pipelined processor architecture
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
  • 3+ years of hands-on Design Verification experience

What the JD emphasized

  • high-quality design that works for silicon
  • Deep knowledge of SystemVerilog testbench, DPI, and UVM
  • Excellent programming skills and knowledge of software engineering practices, including object-oriented design
  • Experience developing scalable and portable testbenches and components
  • Experience with verification methodologies and tools such as simulators, waveform viewers, build and run automation, coverage collection, and gate-level simulations
  • Proficient in scripting languages such as Python or Perl
  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as a standout colleague are a must
  • Extremely self-motivated and eager to solve problems
  • 3+ years of Design Verification experience