FPGA IP Design and Verification Engineer

844 Altera Semiconductor Technology India Pvt. Ltd.; Madhapur; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera is seeking a Senior FPGA Verification Engineer in India to verify functional logic of FPGA designs. You will develop test benches, verification environments, and plans, and work with RTL, FPGA architects and physical design teams to ensure coverage against microarchitecture specifications.

The role involves running system simulations, debugging pre-silicon issues, documenting test plans, and improving verification infrastructure and methodologies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Semiconductor IP Design verification.
• Familiarity with HDL languages (VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog).
• Experience with scripting languages such as Tcl, Perl, or Python.
• Prior exposure to FPGA tools (Quartus or Vivado) would be advantageous.
• Strong willingness to learn new skills and technologies.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.
• Good communication skills and ability to present project details and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Performs functional logic verification of an FPGA to ensure design meets specifications.
• Develops verification plans, test benches, and the verification environment to ensure coverage per microarchitecture specs.
• Executes verification plans and runs system simulation models to verify the FPGA design, analyze power and timing, and uncover bugs.
• Replicates, root causes, and debugs issues in the pre-silicon environment and implements corrective measures.
• Collaborates with FPGA architects, RTL developers, and physical design teams to improve verification of complex features.
• Documents test plans and drives technical reviews of plans and proofs with design and architecture teams.
• Maintains and improves existing functional verification infrastructure and methodology.
• Documents, reviews, and executes the verification strategy plan for different methodologies.

Skills

Willingness to learn

Collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Quartus

Vivado

Tcl

Perl

Python

Job description

Job Details: Job Description:

Performs functional logic verification of an FPGA to ensure design will meet specification requirements. Develops FPGA verification plans, test benches, and the verification environment to ensure coverage to confirm to microarchitecture specifications. Executes verification plans and defines and runs system simulation models to verify the FPGA design, analyze power and timing, and uncover bugs. Replicates, root causes, and debugs issues in the pre-silicon environment. Finds and implements corrective measures to resolve failing tests. Collaborates with FPGA architects, RTL developers, and physical design teams to improve verification of complex architectural and microarchitectural features. May also collaborate with systems and software engineers to support integration testing of the FPGA. Documents test plans and drives technical reviews of plans and proofs with design and architecture teams. Maintains and improves existing functional verification infrastructure and methodology. Documents, reviews, and executes the verification strategy plan on different methodologies/techniques (e.g., gate-level-simulation strategy, power patterns/aware simulations) used to enable feature coverage as per the microarchitecture specifications.

Qualifications:

7+ years of experience in Semiconductor IP Design verification. Familiarity with HDL languages (VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog). Experience or knowledge in scripting languages such as Tcl, Perl, or Python. Prior experience or exposure to FPGA tools (Quartus or Vivado) would be advantageous. Strong willingness to learn new skills and technologies. Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment. Good communication skills and ability to clearly present project details and outcomes.

Job Type:

Regular Shift: Shift 1 (India) Primary Location: Regus, Madhapur Additional Locations:

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

About Altera Altera:

Accelerating Innovators Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products including FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities for everyone on the planet.