Foundry Service - SoC Functional Validation Engineer

Job Description

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Foundry Services (IFS) is an independent foundry business that is established to meet our customers' unique product needs. With the first Open System Foundry model in the world, our combined offerings of wafer fabrication, advanced process, and packaging technology, chiplet, software, robust ecosystem, and assembly and test capabilities help our customers build their innovative silicon designs and deliver full end-to-end customizable products from Intel's secure, resilient, and sustainable source of supply.

We are seeking a passionate SoC Functional Validation Engineer to join our team. As an SoC Functional Validation Engineer in IFS you will be responsible for developing and executing extensive functional test suites using internally developed and industry standard tools to thoroughly validate IPs and SOC products in both pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon environments. Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Define, develop, and perform functional validation for integrated SoCs, focusing on validation of IP integration, interaction between IPs, and system level features.
• Apply various hardware and software level tools and techniques to ensure validation coverage and that performance, power, and area goals are met.
• Review proposed design changes to assess impact on validation plans, tasks, and timelines.
• Develop SoC validation methodologies, validation test plans, execute validation plans, and collaborate with other engineers for design optimization, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.
• Perform silicon debug to identify root cause and resolve functional failures for SoC issues.
• Test interactions between various SoC features using validation infrastructure
• Develop post-silicon validation infrastructure (e.g., performance monitors, behavioral checkers, state space coverage) and test environment used in validation testing.
• Publish SoC validation reports summarizing all validation activities performed, review results, and communicate to relevant teams.
• Work with architecture, design, verification, board, platform, and manufacturing teams to maintain and improve debug, validation test strategy, methodologies, and processes for SoC interfaces and to meet desired product specifications.
• Develop content to create or increase specific IP interactions using a variety of tools and techniques (including patching techniques using microcode, firmware, or custom OS builds).
• Engage in all phases of the product life cycle and develop and validate content, infrastructure, and bug hunts in multiple environments (e.g., simulation, emulation, FPGAs) to ensure silicon readiness.

The ideal candidate should exhibit the following behavioral traits:

• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills, as well is good written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to work cross-geo/site when needed to accomplish results.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications are required 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:

• Master of Science degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 1+ years of relevant experience, OR Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• 1+ year of experience with digital electronics and logic design and CPU Architecture.
• 1+ year of experience with subsystem HW/SW stack, including the silicon, onboard HW components and connectors and devices, BIOS, drivers, and applications.
• 1+ year of experience with post-silicon debug using Logic Analyzers and Oscilloscopes.
• 1+ year of experience with software programming, preferably in C/C++ and Python languages.

How to Stand out (Preferred Qualifications):

• Master of Science degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 3+ years of relevant experience, OR Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of USB protocol and experience with validating USB subsystems in a pre-silicon emulation and/or post-silicon environment.
• Experience with pre-silicon validation using System Level Emulators and/or FPGAs.
• Experience developing post-silicon and emulation-based SoC test content using C/C++.
• Knowledge of ARM, NoC (Network on a Chip), and DDR5 memory subsystems.

Amazing Benefits
Here at Intel, we invest in our people. Beyond health, dental, and retirement benefits, Intel's benefits package includes 14 paid holidays per calendar year, three weeks of paid vacation, and four-week paid sabbatical every four years of employment. Intel also offers employees five bonuses per year dependent on overall company and personal performance, and an employee stock purchase program. Find more information about our Amazing Benefits here: https://jobs.intel.com/benefits



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Inside this Business Group

Intel Foundry is a systems foundry dedicated to transforming the global semiconductor industry by delivering cutting-edge silicon process and packaging technology leadership for the AI era. With a focus on scalability, AI advancement, and shaping the future, we provide an unparalleled blend of an industry-leading technology, a rich IP portfolio, a world-class design ecosystem, and an operationally resilient global manufacturing supply chain. As stewards of Moore's Law, we persistently innovate and foster collaboration within an extensive partner ecosystem to advance technologies and enable our customers to design leadership products. Our strategic investments in geographically diverse manufacturing capacities bolster the resilience of the semiconductor supply chain, particularly for advanced products. Leveraging our technological prowess, expansive manufacturing scale, and a more sustainable supply chain, Intel Foundry empowers the world to deliver essential computing, server, mobile, networking, and automotive systems for the AI era. This position is part of Foundry Services within Intel Foundry. Foundry Services is a customer-oriented service organization. This business unit is completely dedicated to the success of its customers with full P&L responsibilities. This model will ensure that our foundry customers' products will receive our utmost focus in terms of service, technology enablement and capacity commitments.

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 US, California: $106,231.00-$159,109.00
*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. In certain circumstances the work model may change to accommodate business needs.