Senior GPU Verification Engineer

Imagination Technologies Limited; Kings Langley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Imagination Technologies Limited is seeking a hardware verification engineer to design verification plans and build UVM testbenches for cutting-edge PowerVR designs. You will own task definitions, estimates, and progress, while contributing to GPU verification methodology improvements and coverage reporting.

You should have strong SystemVerilog, UVM, and constrained-random verification skills, plus debugging and clear communication abilities to interact with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and maintaining verification components.
• Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog, UVM, and constrained-random verification methodologies.
• Skilled in debugging and identifying root causes of issues.
• Effective communication of technical issues, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Design verification plans and develop, maintain UVM testbench components.
• Build UVM testbenches, including writing tests, sequences, checkers, scoreboards, and verification/coverage plans.
• Take ownership of task definition, effort estimation, and progress tracking.
• Contribute to the improvement and evolution of GPU verification methodologies.
• Take ownership of coverage closure and provide verification metric reports.

Skills

SystemVerilog

UVM

Constrained-random verification

Debugging

Communication

Verification components

Tools

Python

TCL

Perl

SystemC

C++

Job description

The role

This position is a unique opportunity to exercise your hardware verification skills on cutting edge designs within the prestigious PowerVR Hardware Graphics group. Here you will exercise your skills on key components that meet latest demands and improvements for graphics IP.

You will:

• Design verification plans and develop, maintain UVM testbench components.
• Gain a deep understanding of the design and testbench under your responsibility.
• Build UVM testbenches, including writing tests, sequences, checkers, scoreboards, and verification/coverage plans.
• Take ownership of task definition, effort estimation, and progress tracking.
• Contribute to the improvement and evolution of GPU verification methodologies.
• Take ownership of coverage closure and provide verification metric reports.

About You

Committed to making your customers, stakeholders and colleagues successful, you’re an excellent communicator, listener and collaborator who builds trusted partnerships by delivering what you say, when you say. You’re curious, solutions orientated and a world-class problem solver who constantly seeks opportunities to innovate and achieve the best possible outcome to the highest imaginable standard.

You’ll have:

• Experience in developing and maintaining verification components.
• Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog, UVM, and constrained-random verification methodologies.
• Skilled in debugging and identifying root causes of issues.
• Effective communication of technical issues, both verbally and in writing.

You might also have:

• Knowledge of Graphics, GPU, CPU, or SoC architectures.
• Experience with broader verification technologies, including formal property-based verification (FPV).
• Proficiency in coding and scripting using Python, TCL, Perl, SystemC, or C++.

Who We Are

Imagination is a UK-based company that creates silicon and software IP designed to give its customers an edge in competitive global technology markets. Its GPU and AI technologies enable outstanding power, performance, and area (PPA), fast time-to-market, and lower total cost of ownership. Products based on Imagination IP are used by billions of people across the globe in their smartphones, cars, homes, and workplaces.

We need your skills to help us continue to deliver technology that will impress the industry and our customers alike, ensuring that people everywhere can enjoy smarter and faster tech than ever before.

So come join us if you're wanting that something more

Bring your talent, curiosity and expertise and we’ll help you do the rest. You’ll be part of one of the world’s most exciting companies who are one of the leaders in semiconductor IP solutions.

As a part of our team, you can help us transform, innovate, and inspire the lives of millions through our technology.

Additional Information

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