Senior CPU Pre-Silicon Verification Engineer

Intel; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 142,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Vacation

Job summary

Intel is seeking a CPU Pre-Silicon Verification Engineer to shape validation strategies for upcoming CPU cores. You will collaborate with architecture, RTL, post-silicon teams, and platform groups to ensure high-quality designs before silicon manufacturing.

The role emphasizes developing validation content, refining coverage models, and driving issues to resolution across simulation, emulation, and FPGA environments. This position is embedded in Intel's SPE team, located in multiple US sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Pre-silicon verification or front end verification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and execute pre-silicon validation plans for Intel CPU core designs.
• Validate CPU functionality, microarchitecture behavior, and system-level feature interactions across simulation, emulation, and FPGA environments.
• Develop validation content, test scenarios, and infrastructure to improve coverage and identify functional issues early in the product lifecycle.
• Apply coverage-driven validation techniques to ensure comprehensive verification of complex processor designs.
• Review architecture and design changes to assess validation impacts, risks, schedules, and test requirements.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and platform engineering teams to optimize product quality and validation effectiveness.
• Perform debug, root cause analysis, and failure triage for functional issues discovered during validation.
• Develop and enhance validation methodologies, automation frameworks, checkers, monitors, and validation tools.
• Analyze validation results, publish findings, and provide recommendations to improve future designs and validation strategies.
• Contribute to silicon readiness activities by identifying and resolving issues before manufacturing.
• Support end-to-end product development across multiple phases of the CPU lifecycle.

Skills

C/C++

SystemVerilog

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Tools

VCS

Specman E

OVM/UVM

Job description

Intel is seeking a CPU Pre-Silicon Verification Engineer to shape validation strategies for upcoming CPU cores. You will collaborate with architecture, RTL, post-silicon teams, and platform groups to ensure high-quality designs before silicon manufacturing.

The role emphasizes developing validation content, refining coverage models, and driving issues to resolution across simulation, emulation, and FPGA environments. This position is embedded in Intel's SPE team, located in multiple US sites.