Title: PMTS, Design Verification Lead
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Introduction:
We are seeking an experienced Design Verification Lead to drive verification strategy, planning, execution, and signoff for next-generation RISC-V based Processor IP products. The successful candidate will lead a team of verification engineers responsible for ensuring functional correctness, quality, performance, safety, and robustness of complex processor subsystems and full-chip IP solutions.
This role requires strong technical leadership, deep expertise in processor architecture verification, and proven experience delivering high-quality silicon-proven IP products from specification through production release.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Own the verification strategy and verification signoff for processor IP products and subsystems.
- Lead verification planning, methodology definition, execution, and closure activities.
- Define coverage goals, quality metrics, signoff criteria, and verification milestones.
- Drive verification readiness reviews, risk assessments, and program execution.
- Provide technical direction and mentorship to verification engineers across multiple projects.
Verification Architecture & Methodology
- Architect scalable verification environments using SystemVerilog, UVM, assertions, and constrained-random methodologies.
- Define reusable verification infrastructure across multiple processor families.
- Establish methodology standards, coding guidelines, and best practices.
- Drive adoption of advanced verification techniques including formal verification, emulation, FPGA prototyping, and hardware/software co-verification.
Processor Verification
- Lead verification of CPU cores, DSP extensions, vector processing units, MMUs, caches, interrupts, debug infrastructure, security features, and system interfaces.
- Drive ISA compliance verification and architectural validation.
- Oversee development of directed, random, compliance, and software-driven test suites.
- Collaborate closely with architecture and design teams to ensure comprehensive verification coverage.
Project Execution
- Own verification schedules, resource planning, and execution tracking.
- Drive bug triage, root-cause analysis, and closure activities.
- Ensure verification deliverables meet quality, schedule, and product objectives.
- Present status, risks, and signoff readiness to executive leadership.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with architecture, RTL design, validation, emulation, FPGA, functional safety, and software teams.
- Participate in requirements analysis and verification planning activities.
- Support customer engagements, technical reviews, audits, and product bring-up activities.
Quality & Signoff
- Own functional, code, assertion, and architectural coverage closure.
- Review verification plans, testbenches, and verification reports.
- Ensure compliance with product development and quality management processes.
- Drive continuous improvement of verification productivity and quality.
Required Qualifications
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Typically 12+ years of relevant industry experience in ASIC/SoC/Processor verification.
- Proven track record leading verification teams for complex CPU, MCU, DSP, or Processor IP products.
- Expert knowledge of:
- SystemVerilog
- UVM
- Assertions (SVA)
- Functional Coverage
- Constrained Random Verification
- Strong understanding of processor architectures and microarchitecture concepts.
- Experience with:
- RISC-V, ARM, or equivalent processor architectures
- Simulation, emulation, and regression infrastructures
- Coverage-driven verification
- Verification signoff methodologies
- Excellent project leadership and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience verifying:
- RISC-V processors
- Vector extensions
- DSP architectures
- Functional safety, Cyber Security products (ISO 26262, ISO 21434)
- Security, Security architectures
- Experience with:
- Building env from scratch
- Formal verification
- Emulation platforms
- FPGA prototyping
- Performance verification
- Software-driven verification
- Prior people leadership or technical leadership of globally distributed teams.
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As an affirmative employer, all qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, ethnicity, marital status, citizenship, race, religion, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation and medical and/or physical abilities.
All offers of employment with GlobalFoundries are conditioned upon the successful completion of background checks, medical screenings as applicable and subject to the respective local laws and regulations.