Senior Design Verification Engineer

Altera; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 142,600 - 206,500; Full time

Job summary

Altera is seeking a Lead DV Engineer to focus on IP Verification & Validation in San Jose, California. The role involves developing comprehensive validation plans and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure robust IP functionality.

The ideal candidate has over 9 years of experience in verification processes, specifically with high-speed protocols like Ethernet/PCIe/CXL. A competitive salary range of $142.6k - $206.5k USD is offered, based on location and experience.

This role contributes significantly to enhancing the quality and usability of Altera's FPGA IP product portfolios.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of industry experience in verification and validation.
• Strong experience in developing verification collateral in Verilog and System Verilog.
• Expertise in UVM with a focus on constraint random test environments.

Responsibilities

• Create verification and validation plans for IP across Altera FPGA portfolios.
• Develop testbenches, write test cases, and debug failures.
• Establish validation coverage strategies and maximize IP quality.

Skills

Verilog

System Verilog

UVM

Ethernet protocol verification

PCIe protocol verification

CXL protocol verification

Debugging skills

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

IP/FPGA validation tools

Job description

Job Description

Altera is responsible for High-Speed Protocol IP development, which includes participating in high-level product specifications, logic/RTL design and implementation, RTL verification, IP FPGA validation and debugging.

Job Details

As Lead DV Engineer focusing on IP Verification & Validation, you will be responsible for carrying out design validation for Altera next generation IP's across the Altera FPGA IP product portfolios. The charter of IP verification & validation team is to verify and validate the IP for robust functionality from functional simulation. The verification and validation areas encompass IP's for high-speed transceiver protocols (Preferred – Ethernet/PCIe/CXL).

• Create comprehensive verification and validation plan based on IP/FPGA architecture specifications and carry out all the IP validation tasks. The plan encompasses functional, system level and hardware verification and validation perspectives.
• Developing IP/subsystem/system level testbench, create tests, and necessary coverage goals based on specification to verify the implementation. Writing directed and random test cases, debugging failures, filing and closing bugs.
• Review verification and validation results against the coverage goals. Writing, analyzing and achieving coverage metrics.
• Work with cross-functional teams and prepare/support IP functional validation tests for IP bring-up on actual FPGA development kits.
• Creating and establishing IP subsystem/solution validation coverage strategy and standardized framework, drive system test design implementation and overall IP system validation on HW, maximizing FPGA hardware capability to bring substantial improvement to IP quality & usability for Altera FPGA IP product portfolios.
• Developing verification and validation tools and flows, as needed.
• Apply advanced techniques to achieve verification and validation with the highest quality, productivity, and time-to-market.

Salary Range

Pay range for Bay Area California only: $142.6k - $206.5k USD. Actual salary may vary based on location, experience, etc. Incentive opportunities based on individual and company performance.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a closely related field of study and 9+ years of industry experience.
• 9+ years of experience developing verification collateral in Verilog, System Verilog and UVM.
• 7+ years with Ethernet/PCIe/CXL protocol verification is required.
• 7+ years in UVM Fluency is a must.
• 7+ years of complex coverage driven random constraint UVM environments.
• 7+ years of experience with High level Specification into test plan and developing tests cases.
• 7+ years of experience of debugging skills to narrow down and isolate issue between RTL design and testbench or test case is required.
• Good communication skills.

Job Type

Regular

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location

San Jose, California, United States

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.