Staff SoC Verification Engineer

Arm; Toronto; Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Verification Engineer in Toronto, where you'll play a pivotal role in developing cutting-edge silicon demonstrators. Collaborate with a diverse team of engineers across the globe to architect and implement innovative SoCs for premium markets. Your expertise in digital hardware design and verification will be key in crafting effective test plans and methodologies, ensuring the highest performance of our products. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the future of computing technology, while enjoying a hybrid work environment that promotes collaboration and personal growth. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in design or verification of compute subsystems.
• Solid understanding of digital hardware design and verification strategies.

Responsibilities

• Crafting test plans and developing SystemVerilog/Verilog testbenches.
• Collaborating with teams on design microarchitecture and verification methodologies.

Skills

Verilog HDL

Digital Hardware Design

SoC Integration Verification

Low-level Programming (C, Assembler)

Test Plan Creation

Debugging Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

SystemVerilog

UVM/OVM

Python

Perl

Job description

Job Overview:

Arm’s Solution Engineering team is very thrilled to work with SoC verification engineers in Toronto! New team members in Toronto will join hands with other RTL design and verification engineers spread across UK, US, France, and Hungary to build best-in-class SoCs.

Arm is building a team to develop best-in-class silicon demonstrators based on Arm’s IP compute sub-system solutions targeting premium mobile, infrastructure, and automotive markets. Using the latest nodes (e.g. 3nm) and new SoC 3D packaging developments, Arm’s ambition is to demonstrate industry best-in-class performance by architecting, designing, implementing, and fabricating powerful silicon test chips. This is a wonderful and unique initiative, where we are bringing in innovative talent and expertise from across the semiconductor industry to drive how the next generation of leading compute on Arm devices are built across the industry, opening up significant potential for the future.

Would you like to play a key role in defining the solution growth story in Arm?

Responsibilities:

• As a creative verification engineer with a knowledge of SoC integration verification, SoC scenario verification, SoC performance verification, PCIe/CXL, DDRx/LPDDRx integration verification in SoC RTL.
• You will work with the project team to understand and review the architecture and design specifications, and to build a functional verification strategy.
• Your key responsibilities will include crafting test plans, developing SystemVerilog/Verilog testbenches and tests, and debugging of test failures and issues.
• You will also contribute to developing and improving the verification methodologies used by the team.
• In addition, you'll work closely with other teams on the design microarchitecture, verification methodologies, system performance, etc.
• You will guide and support other members of the team as needed to enable the successful completion of project activities.
• You will balance other opportunities such as working with Project Management on activities, plans, and schedule as well as guide and support junior members of the team.

Required Skills and Experience:

In addition to bringing your accomplishment of either Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering (or similar field) over 5+ years of experience working in design or verification of sophisticated compute subsystems or SoCs, you will need:

• Solid understanding of digital hardware design and Verilog HDL.
• A detailed understanding and experience of the current verification strategies required for sophisticated SoC development, including software-based techniques.
• Experience verifying subsystems for PCIe/CXL, DDRx/LPDDRx, HBM.
• Good knowledge of test plan creation and tracking.
• Experience verifying RTL for SoC projects.
• Low-level programming experience including C and Assembler.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

• Experience with Arm-based designs and/or ARM System Architectures.
• Experience with SystemVerilog and verification methodologies – UVM/OVM/e.
• Experience or knowledge in the following areas:
• Formal verification techniques.
• Clock domain crossing verification.
• Experience with Perl, Python or other scripting language.
• Power aware verification.
• Porting peripheral driver software.
• Development and deployment of complex Arm SoCs on multiple Emulation platforms as well as direct hands-on test bench development.

In Return:

We are proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together. These behaviors are assessed as part of the hiring process:

• Partner and customer focus.
• Collaboration and communication.
• Creativity and innovation.
• Team and personal development.
• Impact and influence.
• Deliver on your promises.

We offer a hybrid approach to home and office working to provide an adaptable experience for all employees. We expect some working time to be spent in office to promote a strong collaborative environment with good team integration but are accommodating to different home working requirements.

Salary Range:

$153,510-$207,690 per year. We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

Accommodations at Arm:

At Arm, we want our people to Do Great Things. If you need support or an accommodation to Be Your Brilliant Self during the recruitment process, please email [e-mail]. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation.

Equal Opportunities at Arm:

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.