Ip Design Verification Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Penang, Malaysia

Seeking an IP Design Verification Engineer to ensure the functionality and performance of Intel's cutting-edge intellectual property (IP) designs for system-on-chip (SoC) applications, focusing on LPDDR5 and DDR5 PHY verification. Responsibilities include developing test benches, defining verification strategies, implementing test cases, debugging failures, and automating pre-silicon validation flows.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own RTL validation for functional and/or DFx (design for test/debug).
  2. Develop OVM/UVM-based test benches as a platform for RTL validation.
  3. Define verification strategies, methodologies, and detailed test plans for effective RTL validation.
  4. Create Bus Functional Models (BFM) to interface with the IP, monitor transactions, and verify protocol compliance.
  5. Implement and execute test cases, assertions, and functional coverage using System Verilog, ensuring alignment with verification plans.

Skills

Required

  • System Verilog
  • OVM
  • UVM
  • DDR protocols
  • LPDDR5
  • DDR5
  • RTL validation
  • logic design
  • DFx concepts
  • IP microarchitecture debug methodologies
  • VCS
  • DVE
  • Verdi
  • UNIX environments
  • shell scripting
  • C programming

Nice to have

  • IP validation across multiple full project lifecycles
  • Automating verification processes using Tcl, Tk, Perl, and Python
  • Advanced problem-solving skills
  • debug simulation failures
  • resolve formal verification challenges
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • work effectively with cross-functional teams and global partners

What the JD emphasized

  • 6+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, 4+ years with a Master's degree, or 2+ years with a PhD.
  • Strong proficiency in System Verilog and verification methodologies such as OVM and UVM.
  • Expertise in DDR protocols, particularly LPDDR5 and DDR5, with experiences covering all stages of validation from specifications to coverage.