IP Validation Engineer

Job Description

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Who We Are

This position is an IP Validation Engineer role in the Edge Acceleration IP group (EAIG), within the IP, Security and Client Product Group (ISCP).

Who You Are

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Performs functional verification of IP logic to ensure design will meet specification requirements.

• Develops IP verification plans, test benches, and the verification environment to ensure coverage to confirm to microarchitecture specifications.

• Executes verification plans and defines and runs system simulation models to verify the design, analyze power and timing, and uncover bugs.

• Replicates, root causes, and debugs issues in the pre-silicon environment.

• Finds and implements corrective measures to resolve failing tests.

• Collaborates with architects, RTL developers, and physical design teams to improve verification of complex architectural and microarchitectural features.

• Documents test plans and drives technical reviews of plans and proofs with design and architecture teams.

• Maintains and improves existing functional verification infrastructure and methodology.

• Participates in the definition of verification infrastructure and related TFMs needed for functional design verification.

Behavior skills we are looking for:

• Candidate should be able to work independently with ownership

• Willing to work in a Dynamic Team-Oriented Environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Programming languages C, C++ and/or scripting Perl/python

• Understanding of modern Computer architecture

• Verification fundamentals encompassing complex protocol verification (AXI, AHB, PCIe, OCP) or IO Bus protocols

• Functional verification strategies for low power IP

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum qualifications 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:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar discipline with 4+ years of experience or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar discipline with 3+ years of experience.

Relevant experience should include the following:

• Verification languages like System Verilog and OVM/UVM.

• Constraint random verification infrastructure.

• Debugging RTL code using simulation/emulation tools and UPF

• Assertion and Functional Coverage coding experience

• 2-3 years of IP/SoC verification experience and developing Testbench from scratch.

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, Folsom

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 $123,419.00-$185,123.00
*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.