Principal Silicon Verification Engineer - Bengaluru Bengaluru, India

graphcore; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Graphcore is seeking a Silicon Verification Engineer in India to work within the silicon verification team. This role involves verification activities, planning functional coverage, providing architect feedback, and contributing to shared verification infrastructure. Candidates should have 12-14 years of experience, with skills in System Verilog, Python, C++, Linux, and the verification process applied in CPU and/or ASIC environments. Leadership and problem-solving skills are essential for successful teamwork.

Qualifications

• 12-14 years of experience in an engineering background.
• Ability to work across teams and programming languages.
• Exercises independent judgment in developing methods and techniques.
• Ability to research and solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Perform verification activities within the verification team.
• Conduct verification planning and specification.
• Provide feedback to architects.
• Generate tests and diagnose failures.
• Contribute to the shared verification infrastructure.

Skills

verification experience in relevant industry

leadership and planning skills

problem-solving skills

Technical and functional knowledge

experience with System Verilog

experience with Python

experience with C++

experience with Linux

experience with UVM

experience with SVA

experience with assembly languages

experience with LLVM

experience with GCC

experience with DVCS (e.g., Git)

experience with SGE or other DRMS

experience with XML and XPath/XSLT

Job description

Job Summary

Working within the Silicon verification team, the silicon verification engineer is responsible for a wide range of tasks within the silicon verification team. This person is responsible for verification activities within Graphcore, helping the silicon team meet the company objectives for quality silicon delivery.

The Team

The verification team sits within the Silicon design team. We are 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.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Verification activities within the verification team
• Verification planning, specification and closure of functional coverage
• Providing feedback to architects
• Test generation and failure diagnosis/triage
• Contributing to shared verification infrastructure

Candidate Profile

• verification experience in relevant industry
• Proven leadership and planning skills
• Be 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
• Ability to research along with the knowledge to solve complex problems
• Presents technical and functional knowledge to design experiments/ projects that contribute to overall direction of team
• Exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Highly influential on colleagues with ability to explain difficult concepts
• Experience of the verification process applied in CPU and/or ASIC environments
• System Verilog, Python, C++, Linux
• 12 – 14 years-experience in engineering background
• UVM
• SVA
• Assembly languages
• LLVM, GCC
• DVCS e.g. Git
• SGE or other DRMS
• XML and XPath/XSLT