Principal Design Verification Engineer Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking Principal Design Verification Engineers to enhance their cutting-edge connectivity solutions. This role involves leveraging your expertise in C/C++ and UVM to drive verification processes for complex silicon products. You will work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with talented engineers to ensure the highest quality in product development. If you are passionate about technology and eager to contribute to transformative projects, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Join a team that values creativity and diversity, and help shape the future of AI and cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in SoC/silicon product development.
• Strong background in electrical engineering with a Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans in UVM for verification.
• Collaborate with RTL designers to debug failures and generate stimuli.

Skills

C/C++

UVM

System Verilog

Scripting (Perl/Python)

SoC Verification

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Verification IPs

DPI/PLI

Job description

Astera Labs is a global leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions that unlock the full potential of AI and cloud infrastructure. Our Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates PCIe, CXL, and Ethernet semiconductor-based solutions and the COSMOS software suite of system management and optimization tools to deliver a software-defined architecture that is both scalable and customizable. Inspired by trusted relationships with hyperscalers and the data center ecosystem, we are an innovation leader delivering products that are flexible and interoperable. Discover how we are transforming modern data-driven applications at www.asteralabs.com.

Job Description

We are looking for Principal Design Verification Engineers with proven experience in all aspects of verification in UVM and C/C++. The candidate must have experience using high level programming languages such as C/C++ to communicate with System Verilog and/or UVM based environments to aid RTL simulation, CoSimulation and Emulation.

Responsibilities

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. At minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE is required, and a Master’s is preferred.
• ≥8 years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications.
• Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, to plan and prepare for customer meetings in advance, and to work with minimal guidance and supervision.
• Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act fast with the customer in mind!
• Authorized to work in Canada and start immediately.

Required Experience

• Experience with integrating C/C++ in System Verilog environments using DPI/PLI.
• Ability to use scripting tools (Perl/Python) to automate verification infrastructure.
• Experience in developing infrastructure and tests in a hybrid directed and constrained random environments.
• Must be able to work independently to develop test-plans, and related test-sequences in UVM to generate stimuli and work collaboratively with RTL designers to debug failures.
• Develop user-controlled random constraints in transaction-based verification methodology. Experience writing assertions, cover properties and analyzing coverage data.
• Must have prior experience using Verification IPs from 3rd party vendors for communication protocols such as PCI-Express (Gen-3 and above), Ethernet, Infiniband, DDR, NVMe, USB, etc.
• Develop VIP abstraction layers to simplify and scale verification deployments.

Preferred Experience

• S/W debugging for SoC based designs in the area of kernel/device-drivers/u-boot.
• Physical Layer, Link Layer and Transaction Layer verification expertise in PCIe protocol.
• Experience in memory technologies like DDR4/DDR5/HBM.
• Experience with FPGA-based verification/emulation.

We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.

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