Design Verification Engineer (Staff)

Graphcore; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Graphcore is seeking a silicon verification engineer at their new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru. The role involves verification planning, generating tests, and ensuring that designs meet architecture specifications. Ideal candidates possess verification experience in CPU and/or ASIC environments and are skilled in System Verilog, Python, and have proven leadership abilities. Graphcore offers a competitive salary and benefits package in an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in verification planning and closure of functional coverage.
• Ability to lead and provide feedback to architects.
• Experience in CPU and/or ASIC environments.

Responsibilities

• Plan and specify verification activities.
• Provide feedback to architects on designs.
• Generate tests and diagnose failures.

Skills

Verification planning

Test generation

Leadership skills

System Verilog

Basic Python

UVM

SVA

Assembly languages

LLVM

GCC

DVCS (e.g., Git)

XML and XPath/XSLT

Job description

Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption.

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru, which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing.

The verification team sits within the Silicon design team and is responsible for ensuring that the RTL created by the logical design team and used by the physical design team matches the architecture specification for Graphcore silicon. The silicon verification engineer is responsible for verification activities within Graphcore, helping the team meet the company objectives for quality silicon delivery.

Responsibilities

• Verification planning, specification and closure of functional coverage
• Providing feedback to architects
• Test generation and failure diagnosis/triage
• Contributing to shared verification infrastructure
• Verification experience in the relevant industry
• Proven leadership and planning skills
• Highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player
• Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of deep and complex issues
• Experience of the verification process applied in CPU and/or ASIC environments
• System Verilog, Basic of Python (Must have)
• UVM
• SVA
• Assembly languages
• LLVM, GCC
• DVCS e.g. Git
• SGE or other DRMS
• XML and XPath/XSLT

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers a competitive benefits package. We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.