Sr. FPGA Solutions Engineer

Job Description

As a member of the Intel IP, SoC and System Platforms (ISSP) group, you will be critical to the future success of Intel's SoC products by delivering the highest quality in our products. You will join a fast-paced, exciting, innovative environment leading an engineering team in Oregon. You will work on Intel SoC development projects through strategic partnerships with our global Architecture, Pre-Silicon, Post-Silicon teams as well as external customers in the Client and Data Center segments. You will do this by providing Pre-Silicon Platforms throughout the product life cycle for software development, HW/SW co-validation, power/performance tuning of products at the right velocity.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Builds emulation and FPGA models and solutions from RTL design using synthesis, partitioning, and routing tools.
• Develops, integrates, tests, and debugs hardware and software collateral in simulation, emulation, and FPGA models for testing new features, writes directed tests, develops the test environment and hybrid emulation environment, and supports verification of hardware and software/firmware.
• Defines and develops new capabilities and tools to achieve better verification through improved emulation and FPGA model usability.
• Enables acceleration of RTL development and improve emulation/FPGA model usability for presilicon verification, postsilicon validation, and software development.
• Develops improvements to usability by RTL validation and debugging of failing RTL tests on the emulation platform and interfaces with and provides guidance to verification teams for optimizing presilicon verification environments, test suites, and methodologies for emulation efficiency.
• Develops and utilizes automation aids, flows, and scripts in support of emulation utilization.
• Applies understanding of emulation and FPGA prototyping tools and methodologies, SoC integration, emulation transactors, emulation performance and optimization techniques, RTL simulation, and hybrid emulation environments (virtual platform and FPGA/emulation model).
• Collaborates with design, power and performance, silicon validation, and software teams, and participates in SoC and IP bring up, root causes testbench issues, IP and SoC testcases, and emulator/FPGA environment issues.

Soft skills include:

• Demonstrated track record of timely delivery of projects and products across multiple sites.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, manage risks, evaluate tradeoffs, make quick decisions and communicate project status.
• Interfacing with multiple customers, understanding their requirements, setting expectations and delivering on commitments.
• Ability to work with hardware and software teams developing advanced technologies using design and SW best practices.
• Analytical problem solving, team oriented and ability to work in a collaborative environment

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering or related discipline and 8+ years of combined experience in the following:
• SoC logic design and simulation verification experience.
• Logic/RTL design- VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog.
• FPGA prototyping solutions using Synopsys HAPS boards, Siemens Prodesign, Cadence Protium or custom prototyping platforms.
• FPGA synthesis tools such as Synopsys, Synplify Pro, Synplify Premier, Siemens, Quartus.
• FPGA debug tools such as Chipscope, Identify, Certus.
• PCIe, SATA protocols.
• RAID, vROC, RST, RAS related technologies.
• S/W development practices and quality standards.
• Linux/Unix and Windows based S/W development environments and tools.
• HDL (Verilog, System Verilog) based simulation and RTL validation environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Hardware emulation platforms such as Synopsys' ZeBu, Siemens' Strato and Cadence's Palladium platforms.
• Specific working knowledge of Intel SoC (Processor, Graphics, Memory, Peripheral) architecture.
• Working knowledge of Peripheral protocols (e.g. USB-C, Audio, DDR, etc)
• Experience in power-aware Pre-Si modeling and System Power management.
• Experience with transaction level modeling would be an added advantage.
• Experience in OVM/UVM and other object-oriented verification methodologies
• Experience in developing and debugging of issues in drivers, FW, BIOS and OS environments
• Embedded software development/debug experience.
• Experience with Python, Perl or Shell scripting
• Experience leading Agile SW development practices - Kanban, Scrum, etc.

Requirements listed would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experiences and or schoolwork/classes/research.

Inside this Business Group

The Client Computing Group (CCG) is responsible for driving business strategy and product development for Intel's PC products and platforms, spanning form factors such as notebooks, desktops, 2 in 1s, all in ones. Working with our partners across the industry, we intend to deliver purposeful computing experiences that unlock people's potential - allowing each person use our products to focus, create and connect in ways that matter most to them. As the largest business unit at Intel, CCG is investing more heavily in the PC, ramping its capabilities even more aggressively, and designing the PC experience even more deliberately, including delivering a predictable cadence of leadership products. As a result, we are able to fuel innovation across Intel, providing an important source of IP and scale, as well as help the company deliver on its purpose of enriching the lives of every person on earth.

Other Locations

US, OR, Hillsboro; US, TX, Austin; US, CA, Folsom; US, CA, Santa Clara

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here.



Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US $161,230.00-$227,620.00
*Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience

Working Model

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.