Staff Verification Engineer

SiFive•Austin, TX

About The Position

As the pioneers who introduced RISC-V to the world, SiFive is transforming the future of compute by bringing the limitless potential of RISC-V to the highest performance and most data-intensive applications in the world. SiFive’s unrivaled compute platforms are continuing to enable leading technology companies around the world to innovate, optimize and deliver the most advanced solutions of tomorrow across every market segment of chip design, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive, data center, mobile, and consumer. With SiFive, the future of RISC-V has no limits. At SiFive, we are always excited to connect with talented individuals, who are just as passionate about driving innovation and changing the world as we are. Our constant innovation and ongoing success is down to our amazing teams of incredibly talented people, who collaborate and support each other to come up with truly groundbreaking ideas and solutions. Solutions that will have a huge impact on people's lives; making the world a better place, one processor at a time. Are you ready? To learn more about SiFive’s phenomenal success and to see why we have won the GSA’s prestigious Most Respected Private Company Award (for the fourth time!), check out our website and Glassdoor pages.

Requirements

+5 years experiences in the related fields.
Bachelor's, or Master's in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a similar discipline.
Direct experience with microarchitecture, instruction set design, or CPU pipeline optimization is preferred.
Thorough understanding of the high-level verification flow methodology (test plan creation, test generation, failure analysis, coverage analysis, and closure).
Proficient in troubleshooting and possessing strong analytical capabilities.
Good interpersonal skills to listen to diverse points of view and influence people from different disciplines.
You will be part of a high performance Out-of-Order Core team that focuses on verification of components such as Frontend, Mid-Core, Load-Store Unit, Integer and Floating Execution Unit, as well as Vector Unit that implement the latest RVV.
BS/MS Degree in EE, CE or CS.
5-8 years relevant experience with IP/Component functional verification, preferably in Core/CPU verification.
Deep understand of computer architecture is desired.
Experienced developer using Object Oriented Programing principles.

Nice To Haves

Functional programming experience is not required but helpful.

Responsibilities

Adopting state-of-the-art verification methodologies to in-house designs in order to ensure that everything on SiFive’s integrated circuits work as intended.
Understanding the component parts of the system.
Creating test plans and unit test benches.
Executing tests to ensure the design captures the architect’s intent.
Ensuring verification quality through coverage metrics and other means.
Learning state-of-the-art technologies while developing IP with more speed and agility than any other company.