SoC Validation Engineer, Amazon Devices

Amazon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Bengaluru is seeking an SoC Emulation Engineer to drive pre-silicon verification for the AZ1 Neural Edge powering Echo devices. You will develop and review subsystem test plans, implement tests across multiple platforms, and build baremetal drivers to configure SoC subsystems.

You will create test benches with emulation systems (Zebu) and prototyping platforms (HAPs), build infrastructure for emulation models, automate workflows, and lead post-silicon bring-up to ensure silicon meets

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with post-silicon validation.
• Experience with SOC bring-up and post-silicon validation.
• Knowledge of software system interaction with hardware equipment.
• Strong problem solving, debug, analysis, and automation skills.
• Firsthand experience with silicon bringup, complex system debug, or bare-metal programming.

Responsibilities

• Develop/review subsystem testplans and help create the SoC Verification and Validation plan.
• Implement tests and scenarios on multiple platforms.
• Develop and deploy baremetal drivers to configure SoC subsystems.
• Develop test benches, transactors and monitors to work with emulation systems (ex. Zebu) and prototyping systems (ex. HAPs).
• Develop infrastructure for build and runtime of SoC emulation and prototyping models using vendor tools and providing training, failure debug support, and improving debug capabilities.
• Maximize efficient utilization of the platforms through automation and other innovations.
• Debug and resolve issues, pioneer and deploy new platform capabilities.
• Port emulation and prototyping testplans to post-silicon activities.
• Write tests and infrastructure to ensure performant and functional compliance of silicon.

Skills

Assembly

C

Perl/Python

Problem solving

Debugging

Automation

Post-silicon validation

SoC bring-up

Test benches

Hardware-software interaction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering

Tools

Zebu

HAPs

Vendor tools

Job description

Overview

The team that built the innovative Silicon IP AZ1 Neural Edge powering the latest generation of Echo devices is looking for an SoC Emulation Engineer to continue to innovate on behalf of our customers.

In This Role

• Develop/review subsystem testplans and help create the SoC Verification and Validation plan.
• Implement tests and scenarios on multiple platforms.
• Develop and deploy baremetal drivers to configure SoC subsystems.

Pre-silicon Activities

• Develop test benches, transactors and monitors to work with emulation systems (ex. Zebu) and prototyping systems (ex. HAPs).
• Develop infrastructure for build and runtime of SoC emulation and prototyping models using vendor tools and providing training, failure debug support, and improving debug capabilities.
• Maximize efficient utilization of the platforms through automation and other innovations.
• Debug and resolve issues, pioneer and deploy new platform capabilities.

Post-silicon Activities

• Continue pre-silicon efforts to seamlessly intersect and bring up early silicon.
• Port emulation and prototyping testplans to post-silicon activities.
• Write tests and infrastructure to ensure performant and functional compliance of silicon.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with post-silicon validation.
• Experience with SOC bring-up and post-silicon validation.
• Knowledge of software system interaction with hardware equipment.
• Very strong problem solving, debug, analysis, and automation skills.
• Strong programming skills (assembly, C, Perl/Python).
• Firsthand experience with silicon bringup, complex system debug, or bare-metal programming.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field.
• Experience in a full development cycle from pre-silicon verification to silicon bringup.
• Experience with ARM and various DSP ISA.
• Experience with SOC fabrics, memory controllers, and SOC peripherals.
• Experience with machine learning, computer vision or robotics.
• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts.