Core Debug Engineer

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Core Debug Engineer

THE ROLE:

As a Core Debug Engineer, you will work with Design Verification/RTL Teams and designers to verify the design behavior and contribute to convergence. 

THE PERSON:

You have an interest in modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems. 

• Strong knowledge of English - both written and spoken.
• Documented and demonstrable knowledge in at least two of the following either academic or professional setting:
  • Modern computer architecture, including processor pipeline and memory hierarchy
  • Hands-on work in C++ programming for either hardware modeling or testbench development or projects of similar scope and complexity
  • Logic design and representing the same in HDL (e.g. Verilog or VHDL)
  • Hardware Verification methodology and techniques such as simulation, debug, coverage, formal etc.
• Demonstrate good communication skills, and abilities to work with a diverse team

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Research and verify software components employing knowledge of digital design theory.
• Perform pre-Silicon Verification of next generation high performance Microprocessor designs and related IPs.
• Reach milestone metrics with qualitative contribution
• Debug directed and random stimulus to find bugs in the microprocessor design; verify the functionality and verify conformance to the specifications.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Project level experience with design concepts and RTL implementation for same 
• Experience or familiarity with formal tools and/or functional verification tools by VCS, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, ModelSIM, Vivado, EDA Playground
• Strong understanding of computer organization/architecture and Assembly language
• X86 Architecture
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux Systems and bash scripting language
• Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog HDL, programming in scripting languages (Perl/Ruby/Python) , C/C++, logic simulation

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.

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