Functional Verification Engineer

Introduction
As a Hardware Developer at IBM you’ll get to work on the systems that are driving the quantum revolution and the AI era. Join an elite team of engineering professionals who enable IBM customers to make better decisions quicker on the most trusted hardware platform in today’s market.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Functional verification engineer you will be working on IBM server processors/SOC or ASICs used in IBM servers.
Leading the development of the verification environment testbenches and writing testcases.
Develop skills in IBM Functional verification tools and methodologies.
Owning and Driving execution of subunits/unit level Verification
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Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 12 + years of experience in Functional Verification of processors or ASICs.
• Minimum 9+ years of experience in any of the following

• Computer architecture knowledge Processor core design specifications instruction set architecture and logic verification.
• Core architecture/micro-architecture verification
• Multi-processor cache coherency Memory subsystem verification.
• IO subsystem knowledge any of the protocols like PCIE/CXL DDR Flash Ethernet etc
• AXI/AHB/ACE/ACE-lite fabric verification or any other SoC fabric verification.
• Gate level simulation and emulation.

• Track record in leading teams
• Clock domain crossing and reset domain crossing verification
• Knowledge of functional verification methodology – UVM/OVM/System Verilog/SystemC/
• Knowledge of HDLs (Verilog VHDL)
• Developed test-plans and test strategies for IP/unit/block level verification.
• Good object-oriented programming skills in C/C++ scripting languages like Python/Perl.
• Worked on multiple levels of verification (unit/element/sub-system/system level)
• Development experience on Linux/Unix environments GIT repositories and good understanding of Continuous Integration and DevOps workflow
• Exposure in developing testbench environment write complex test scenario debugging and triaging fails
• Experience in driving verification coverage closure.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Stress testing and ability to identify corner case scenarios.
• Knowledge of high-speed SERDES and PHY Verification
• Good understanding of computer system architecture and microarchitecture.
• Knowledge in IP Integration and SoC level verification.
• Good understanding of the Server System