Technical Staff Engineer - Verification

Location: United Kingdom - Cambridge

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

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Job Description:

Microchip’s MCU Business Unit is a premier supplier of Microcontrollers that empower our customers’ designs in diverse applications, ranging from general-purpose embedded control to secured Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and beyond. Our broad and scalable portfolio of devices include powerful, state of the art features and options to create innovative products. Our silicon supports a rich ecosystem of embedded software development.

The MCU Product Development team is engaged through the full SOC R&D cycle, including microarchitecture, design, verification, emulation and implementation. We are an experienced, global SOC development team working with state-of-the-art semiconductor development tools and methodologies in advanced process technologies.

Your key responsibilities will include:
o    Work with post si validation, architecture, applications, and design teams to understand module and system requirements and develop comprehensive verification plans.
o    Define and develop testbench architecture, test environment and effective suite of tests using mix of System Verilog, C++ and PERL to achieve functional verification goals.
o    Develop effective functional assertions and cover elements Verify structural and functional coverage of module and system level test suite.
o    Develop scripts to automate verification process.
o    Provide guidance and support to the verification development activities of team members.
o    Provide feedback and review of verification activities across MCU division.
o    Define and develop verification process improvements and methodologies as part of continuous improvement.
o    Support debug of Post Si issues with validation, applications, design, product and test.
 

Requirements/Qualifications:

o    12.5+ years of industry experience, 
o    Relevant degree qualified. 
o    Good understanding of Microcontroller architecture and products 
o    Expertise in Verilog, System Verilog, C++, PERL/TCL and associated Mentor, Visualizer/Verdi tools and workflows 
o    Expertise in digital design fundamentals and ability to debug complex designs at RTL and Gate level Expertise in Module level verification and System level verification 
o    Expertise in writing reusable System Verilog verification code and testbench architecture 
o    Very good understanding of Object-Oriented Programming concepts 
o    Working experience in UVM verification methodology
o    Able to write tests in C to verify SoC functionality 
o    Able to define Verification process documentation, Flows and Review Verification Methodologies 
o    Strong analytical, and problem-solving skills, as well as hands-on SoC debugging / bring up skills 
o    Able to set team goals and work consistently towards achieving them 
o    Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

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