Staff Engineer - DV

Job Description

Projects span a variety of business lines, and designs will need to meet a wide range of power/performance/area goals, depending on the product. Engagement and collaboration across global sites is a key aspect of this role as alignment of methods is essential and sharing of resources is common. Solid technical, communication, and consensus-building skills and the ability to influence solutions across a global organization will be required.

• Contribute to the Verification R&D team that is driving technical execution and best in class methodologies used in the design of advanced microcontrollers and microprocessors.
• Work closely with system architects and support define high level specifications that are implementable and robust.
• Interface with verification/validation teams to ensure design quality and robustness.
• Practice strong collaboration with other R&D teams such as Verification, digital IP, Design Enablement, Emulation, and Validation to achieve project milestones
• Promote continuous improvement to design techniques to ensure ‘Zero Defect’ chips
• Collaborate with SME’s and key leaders in architecture, systems, emulation, SoC design, software, physical design, and IP teams developing key technical networks to influence overall design improvements and verification methodologies
• Contribute to driving best-in-class verification methodologies collaborating with global internal and external SME’s and developing adoption and compliance processes. Including, driving key innovation strategies which significantly impact efficiency and quality for overall R&D and ROI
• Participate in customer engagements assessing quality and risks

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, with 5+ years of experience in IP/Sub-System Verification.
• Experience in testbench design and development using UVM methodology for IP/Subsystem and SOC.
• Experience in Microcontroller and Microprocessor architecture, Interconnect, and Cache Coherency.
• Experience in protocols like AHB/AXI/CHI, Memory (ROM, RAM, Flash, LPDDR/DDR3/4) and memory controllers.
• Good knowledge of Verilog, System Verilog, C/C++, and Shell.
• Good knowledge in scripting like Perl, TCL, or Python is a plus
• Proficiency in Metric Driven Verification concepts, and functional and code coverage.
• Expertise in directed and constrained random methodologies.
• Good knowledge of formal verification methodologies and assertions.
• Experience with debugging of designs pre- and post-silicon, in simulation, and on the bench.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with System Verilog and front-end tooling (simulation, waveform viewers, lint, CDC, RDC, etc.) is required, as well as highly efficient FE methodologies.
• Experience working with complex, multi-core SoC’s with extensive interconnects and a large range of peripherals is preferred.
• Domain knowledge of clocking, system modes, power management, debug, security, and other architectures is preferred.
• Any of the following experiences would be a plus: High Speed Peripherals like DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, GPU, VPU (Video Processing Unit); NIC/FlexNOC interconnect; and Flash memory subsystems.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We remain agile and fearless as we accelerate our growth, encouraging everyone to play an active role with an entrepreneurial mindset and accountability.
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.

• Make a real impact by developing automotive, industrial, infrastructure, IoT, and sustainable products and solutions to meet our customers’ evolving needs and help people and communities thrive tomorrow.

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from Day 1.
  

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Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.

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