Design Verification Engineer – CPU

You will own verification for custom CPU units such as instruction fetch, decode, load-store logic, and multiple cache levels. You will create test and coverage plans, build portable verification environments, develop instruction-level stimulus, compare results with a golden instruction set simulator, verify architectural behavior, execute regressions, and support emulation, FPGA prototyping, and pre-silicon software bring-up.

Responsibilities

• Own verification of custom CPU units including instruction fetch decode load-store logic and caches
• Translate microarchitecture intent into detailed test and coverage plans
• Build portable SystemVerilog and UVM verification environments with stimulus checkers assertions trackers and coverage
• Develop instruction-level stimulus and compare results against a golden instruction set simulator
• Verify memory ordering coherence exceptions and privilege behavior
• Verify latency bandwidth and cache behavior under representative workloads
• Execute regressions and track bug and coverage metrics
• Support emulation FPGA prototyping and pre-silicon software bring-up and drive root-cause analysis

Requirements

• 8 or more years verifying high-performance CPUs or complex digital designs
• Have strong computer architecture and microarchitecture fundamentals
• Have experience with SystemVerilog UVM C C++ assertions and coverage-driven verification
• Own design verification from test planning through coverage closure
• Have experience writing test plans portable testbenches and transactors
• Have experience debugging issues across hardware and software boundaries
• Hold a BS or higher in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• Work effectively in a collaborative multidisciplinary engineering environment
• Knowledge of ARM or RISC-V instruction sets cache coherence memory ordering prefetching branch prediction speculative execution or address translation is preferred

Benefits

• Performance-based incentives
• Equity participation
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangements