Staff Verification Engineer

About the role

Come break new ground in design verification. This is a rare opportunity to join the Chandler-based CPU design verification team, part of Arm's global CPU group, as an experienced Design Verification Engineer. Our diverse engineering-centric group defines, designs, and validates Arm processor IP—the brains in billions of diverse electronic devices. In this role, you will push the boundaries of your technical knowledge relating to groundbreaking Arm Cortex-A processors.

As an expert on our diverse team of verification engineers, you take on the latest Cortex-A CPU microarchitecture design verification. You'll be part of a growing organization with a validated business model and a strong plan for continued future growth. Your team uses the latest tools and methodologies with an eye for innovation and creative problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Develop SystemVerilog UVM and/or formal verification environment and tests for block-level, functional verification of units.
• Build and maintain detailed verification plans.
• Generate and run test cases on logic simulation models.
• Debug functional errors in the RTL model using simulation tools and debug tools with an in-depth understanding of the architecture and RTL design.
• Define and implement functional and statistical coverage, and improve the testbench to ensure coverage closure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering, with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in pre-silicon verification.
• CPU microarchitecture experience, including knowledge of the front-end pipeline—fetch, decode, issue, implement, and commit units.
• Previous experience verifying such units using simulation and/or formal verification methods.
• Proven software engineering skills, including understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience with functional coverage-driven verification methods.

Skills

Nice to have

• Proven CPU core microarchitecture experience, with knowledge of fetch engine, branch predictions, out-of-order execution, register renaming, reservation stations, or processor pipelines.
• Passion for continuing to grow your expertise in CPU memory system microarchitecture, including familiarity with high-performance caches, out-of-order execution and result return, cache coherence, virtual memory, and address translation.
• Deep understanding of SystemVerilog and UVM, and how they are used to build flexible and reusable testbenches.
• Love for advanced software engineering such as design patterns, profiling, unit testing, and programming in multiple languages.
• Drive for continuous improvement by spotting opportunities and seeking the views of others.
• Ability to listen to different perspectives, evaluate, persuade, and carefully craft work to deliver impactful results.

Benefits

This position offers an incredible opportunity to join a growing, highly influential organization at the center of one of the most exciting markets and to lead from the front as the organization engages in a more sophisticated way.

We are proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together. These behaviors are assessed as part of the hiring process:

• Partner and customer focus
• Teamwork and communication
• Creativity and innovation
• Team and personal development
• Impact and influence
• Deliver on your promises