CPU Design Verification Engineer — Microarchitecture & RIS

European Tech Recruit; Munster; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

European Tech Recruit, partnering with a leading semiconductor company in Cork, seeks a CPU Design Verification Engineer to join a dynamic team. The role focuses on developing verification strategies and building scalable environments.

The ideal candidate will apply microprocessor verification expertise, RIS testing, and formal techniques to validate designs from block to chip level, contributing to high-quality silicon bring-up and project milestones.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of microprocessor verification concepts (cache coherence, memory ordering, consistency).
• Experience creating portable testbenches and test plans for DV.
• Familiarity with formal verification, assertions, and silicon bring-up is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with CPU and SoC architects to understand system requirements and high-level design concepts.
• Creating detailed test plans and coverage strategies based on system architecture and micro-architecture.
• Developing scalable and portable verification methodologies for various environments.
• Building the verification environment.
• Designing verification plans and testbenches specific to your functional domain.
• Executing verification plans.
• Monitoring and reporting on DV progress using metrics including bug tracking and coverage analysis.

Skills

Microprocessor verification concepts

RIS testing methods

Formal verification techniques

Testbench development

Assembly language familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Simulation tools

Waveform viewers

Formal proof tools

Job description

European Tech Recruit, partnering with a leading semiconductor company in Cork, seeks a CPU Design Verification Engineer to join a dynamic team. The role focuses on developing verification strategies and building scalable environments.

The ideal candidate will apply microprocessor verification expertise, RIS testing, and formal techniques to validate designs from block to chip level, contributing to high-quality silicon bring-up and project milestones.