Senior Design Verification Engineer, HW Compute Group

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Description
The team that built the innovative Silicon IP AZ1 Neural Edge that is powering the latest generation of Echo devices is looking for a Senior Design Verification Engineer to continue to innovate on behalf of our customers.

We are a part of Amazon Lab126 that revolutionized reading with our Kindle family of products and reimagined user experience through Echo and Alexa.

We want you to help us build on the success of our first generation of ML accelerator at edge.

Work hard.

Have fun.

Make history.

In this role, you will be responsible for defining the verification methodology and implementing the corresponding test plan for sub-systems and the full chip.

You will participate in the design verification and bring-up of the chip and subsystems by writing relevant assertions, debugging code, test benches, test harnesses, and otherwise interacting with the extended team.

You will participate in the lab bring-up of these blocks either in FPGA, emulation, or silicon by potentially writing test scripts, analyzing lab data, proposing experiments, etc.

You will work closely with multi-disciplinary groups including Product Design, Audio Technology, Computer Vision, Hardware Engineering, and Software Engineering, to architect and implement complex functional block that enable development of world-class hardware devices.

In this role, you will:

Design world class hardware and software

Communicate and work with team members across multiple disciplines

Deliver detailed test plans for verification of the full chip or sub-system by working with design engineers and architects

Create and enhance constrained-random verification environments using SystemVerilog and UVM

Write tests in C to run out of the CPU

Identify and write all types of coverage measures for stimulus and corner-cases.

Debug tests with design engineers to deliver functionally correct design blocks.

Close coverage measures to identify verification holes and to show progress towards tape-out.

Participate in test plan and coverage reviews

The ideal candidate should have experience with RTL development environments, fluency in modern hardware description languages and verification methodologies.

They should have experience verifying complex IP blocks from scratch that have successfully been integrated in SOCs or other such silicon that have been productized in consumer devices.

We are looking for a self-driven individual who can work with architects, HW and SW developers and can quickly resolve blocking issues.
Key job responsibilities

Design Verification of Subsystems such as CPU, NPU, and SOC.

Drive Verification Methodology using System Verilog / C++ based test benches.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or higher in EE, CE, or CS
10+ years or more of practical semiconductor design verification experience including System Verilog, UVM, assertions and coverage driven verification.
Experience using multiple verification platforms: UVM test bench, FPGA, emulator, software environments and system testing
Experience defining verification methodologies
Experience with test plan development, building the necessary test bench infrastructure, developing tests and verifying the design
Experience with writing directed tests
Experience identifying bugs in architecture, algorithms, functionality and performance with strong overall debug skills
Experience verifying at multiple levels of logic from IP blocks to SoCs to full system testing
Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages (Python or Perl) for automation
Understanding and knowledge of object oriented programming concepts
Preferred Qualifications

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Experience with ARM and various DSP ISA
Experience with CPU block level testing
Experience debugging system-level issues
Good programming skills in C/C++ and scripting skills in Python, Tcl, and/or Perl
2 years or more of practical experience
Working experience with high performance industry standard buses like AMBA AXI4
Experience with formal verification
Experience with post-silicon validation
Experience with embedded software
Experience with transaction level modeling
Experience with industry standard I/O interfaces
Knowledge of FPGA and emulation platforms
Knowledge of SoC architecture
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.

Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

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