Nuvacore
CPU Design Verification Lead
Austin, TX · Senior
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About the role
- Test and debug the performance of a CPU against the performance model.
- Writing tests in ASM, C, C++, or other to test the CPU's correctness according to the test plan
Responsibilities
- Nuvacore is building a ground-up high performance, low-power CPU for next-generation compute workloads.
- As Design Verification Lead you will lead the team verifying functionality and correctness of the CPU design.
- As a CPU Design Verification (DV)
- Building test environments which target every aspect of the CPU unit, core, or system. Your goal is to find every weakness and flaw in the design using proven verification techniques.
- As a CPU Design Verification (DV) Lead, you will lead the team that is driving efforts in all the following areas:
- Your goal is to find every weakness and flaw in the design using proven verification techniques.
- Develop methodology and flows for running simulations and generate all regression results and debug information.
- Triage issues and write up detailed bug reports to assist the CPU design team in fixing design issues.
- Develop and write detailed test plans for the CPU units, core, or system.
- Develop DV methodologies and best practices for the team.
Requirements
- BS or MS with 15+ years experience in CPU verification
- Experience with one or more of RISC-V, ARM64, or x86 ISA
- Experience in C, C++, System Verilog, scripting and other languages such as Perl or Python
- Experience managing and mentoring DV engineers
- Expertise in one or more areas of CPU microarchitecture including instruction fetch, branch prediction
- Strong background in low power microarchitecture and high-performance verification techniques, with a proven track record of verification and sign-off on multiple CPU programs.
Compensation
- $200k-$300k
Benefits
- Create test stimulus and relevant coverage metrics at both the unit and top level that fully stresses all corners of the design
Company info
- Develop golden models and checkers at unit and top level as part of test bench infrastructure
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