CPU Verification Engineer

Job Description

The world is transforming and so is Intel. Here at Intel, we believe the world needs technology that can enrich the lives of every person on Earth.

The E-Core CPU team is a CPU Core development team in Guadalajara, Mexico. We believe that developing these technologies takes a team of exceptionally talented individuals who work together to visualize, innovate, and make the future of computing possible. If you are excited about advanced development of breakthrough technologies for future-generation CPU cores, we welcome you to join us, to do something wonderful.

The focus of this role is to be part of a team of pre-silicon verification engineers to verify new and existing features for Intel's next generation CPU IP resulting in bug free final design. You will be responsible for exhaustively validating the RTL implementation of new architecture and microarchitecture capabilities using a combination of standalone and top-level test environments as well as formal verification.

Role responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Developing pre-Si validation test plans and test scenarios to prove the correctness of the design.
• Development of SW based components for a simulation-based environment: bus functional models, trackers, checkers, scoreboards, and testbenches.
• Performing and debugging digital simulations, and driving to closure of bugs.
• SW/Script based Test content creation.
• Working closely with design engineers, micro-architects, and other team members to ensure high quality of test plans, functional coverage, and tests.
• Willingness to deliver high-quality output against deadlines and effectively in a cross-site team environment.

The ideal candidate should exhibit the following behavioral traits:

• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Initiative, interpersonal skills.
• Good English and Spanish communication skills.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications, you must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

6+ months of experience, coursework and/or Internships in the following areas:

• Digital design, ASIC design flow and computer architecture
• Programming/scripting languages like C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python, and Unix (Linux)
• Hardware description languages (such as VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog)
• Pre-Si verification-related flows and methodologies like logic simulators (Modelsim, VCS, EDA-Playground), Functional coverage concepts and implementation, Testbench development, bus functional models, trackers, checkers, test development, execution, and debugging.

Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

• Projects or internships in CPU or ASIC verification and functional modeling.
• Experience with scripting languages like Python Perl.
• Familiarity with x86.
• Relevant courses: Computer Architecture, Digital Design, Verification Logic Design, Programming Languages and Data Structures.

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.

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.

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.