Pre‑Silicon Design Verification Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in Markham, Canada, is looking for a Design Verification Engineer to collaborate with hardware engineers and develop verification test plans for digital design blocks. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge in Computer Architecture and Digital Logic Design, along with skills in Verilog, System Verilog, UVM, and Linux. Responsibilities include debugging test failures and developing directed verification tests. This role offers a dynamic work environment focused on innovation and collaboration.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of digital design and architecture.
• Proficient in debugging design verification and RTL code.
• Ability to develop test plans and coverage metrics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to verify new features.
• Develop directed and random verification tests.
• Debug test failures and work with RTL design engineers.

Skills

Computer Architecture

Digital Logic Design

Team Collaboration

Problem-Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Verilog

System Verilog

UVM

Linux

C++

Perl

Ruby

Job description

Overview

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

The Role

As a Design Verification Engineer, you will work with leading industry tools and design/verification concepts to assist in developing the design, verification and infrastructure components of a variety of digital design blocks which are a part of the Graphics Core IP (GFXIP) at AMD. You will work closely with senior design and verification engineers to help develop a testplan for pre-silicon Digital Design Verification, assist in the development of a testbench to exercise the design, develop test-cases based on the testplan and coverpoints/assertions to achieve verification closure. You will also manage, and monitor regression runs for different blocks, report bugs/failures that occur, and actively debug the failures found.

The Person

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in Computer Architecture, Digital Logic Design and Verification and should strive to continuously learn on the job. Excellent communication, organization and teamwork skills are paramount, as is the ability to identify and tackle different problems with diligence, whether it is a tool, flow or process issue, or a logic design and verification issue. You should be able strike a balance between collaborative problem-solving and independent solution development.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, and other DV engineers to understand the new features to be verified
• Build test plan documentation, accounting for interactions with other features, the hardware, the firmware, and the software driver use cases
• Estimate the time required to write the new feature tests and any required changes to the test environment
• Develop directed and random verification tests
• Debug test failures to determine the root cause; work with RTL design engineers to resolve design defects and correct any test issues
• Develop functional coverage properties as needed
• Review functional and code coverage metrics – modify or add tests or constrain random tests to meet the coverage requirements

Preferred Experience

• Solid fundamental understanding of Computer Architecture and Digital Design concepts
• Proficient in IP level ASIC verification
• Proficient in debugging DV and RTL code using simulation tools
• Proficient in using UVM testbenches and working in Linux environment
• Experienced with Verilog, System Verilog, C, and C++
• Developing UVM based verification frameworks and testbenches, processes and flows
• Automating workflows in a distributed compute environment, e.g. scripting
• Exposure to simulation profile, efficiency improvement, acceleration
• Excellent understanding and hands-on experience in the UVM concepts and SystemVerilog language
• Scripting language experience: Perl, Ruby, Makefile, shell preferred.
• Graphics pipeline knowledge is an asset
• Exposure to leadership or mentorship is an asset

Academic Credentials

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering or Engineering Science or similar

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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