Principal Verification Engineer

MicrosoftMountain View, CA,US, map[@type:Country name:US]full timePrincipal
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Job description

In this role you will: Establish yourself as an integral member of a design verification team for the development of AI components with focus on verifying functions and features. Lead a pre-silicon verification team for the development of custom Intellectual Property (IP) and Subsystem (SS) components with focus on architectural and micro-architectural based functions and features. Collaborate with the architecture and design teams to ensure the implementation meets both architectural and micro-architectural intent. Write, execute, enhance, and debug constrained random stimulus, scoreboards and checkers, and assertions to verify design correctness. Develop Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) components to interface between test code and verification simulation environments. Apply Agile development methodologies including code reviews, sprint planning, and feature deployment. Provide technical leadership through mentorship and teamwork. Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their US. residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable. 10+ years of industry experience in design verification with a track record of delivering complex Central Processing Unit(CPU), Graphics Processing Unit(GPU) or System on Chip(SoC) IPs. 8+ years of industry experience in design verification with a delivering complex Application Specific Integrated Circuits(ASIC) or System on Chip(SOC). Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: interconnect fabrics, Network on Chip(NOCs), AXI protocol base other complex IP/blocks or subsystems. Experience of working on AI/Machine Learning (ML) SoCs preferred In depth knowledge of verification and debug principles, testbenches, Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) or C based test environments. Working knowledge of writing assertions, coverage and / or formal verification. Knowledge of industry standard bus interfaces such as Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) Advanced eXtensible Interface (AXI) protocols. Background in debugging RTL (Verilog) designs as well as simulation and/or emulation environments. Experience Scripting languages such as Zsh, Bash, Python or Perl.