CPU Silicon Validation Engineer

• Work closely with CPU RTL and DV teams to understand changes to our CPU designs and to engineer test content for new CPU features • Create CPU validation test plans, ensuring all key features are covered • Develop SW workloads to stress test the CPU and integrate these into our existing validation environments • Help maintain and improve our random test generator by adding support for new CPU architectural and microarchitectural features • Drive the bring-up and execution of our silicon validation tools in pre-silicon (FPGAs) and post-silicon (development boards) • Debug functional silicon failures closely with Design and DV counterparts

Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience

Experience with CPU architecture

Experience in programming in C or C++ and scripting in Python or Perl

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering

Understanding of CPU architecture including instruction sets, pipelines, caches, and memory subsystems

Experience with assembly programming (ARM ISA is a plus)

Knowledge of operating system fundamentals including kernel execution, privilege levels, memory management, and virtual machines

Good understanding of the logic design and verification process

Background in silicon bring-up and system debug experience is a plus

Strong problem-solving skills