Senior Engineer - Validation

Job Description:

The successful candidate will work with SOC/FPGA products of Microchip Technology and contribute towards Validation of Programming, Security, and Debug features of the FPGA. This role of Validation Engineer will involve deep analytical reasoning to understand, analyze and identify root causes of the system level failures that occur during Validation. Typical day would be spent on development and debug before concluding whether the observation is True Positive, False Positive, True Negative or False Negative.

Individual responsibilities and nature of work include:

• Reading, interpreting multiple Design Specs, communicating with Designers to get clarity on expectations (Acceptance Criteria) of a use model.
• Being a very versed documentation expert who can convert the Specification to Use Models and categorize the atomic configurations to come up with use cases in those use models.
• Write system and product level validation/Emulation plans for new and existing silicon products and projects; execute per plan, record, and communicate results.
• Design Creation on Libero SoC. Simulating block level and Systems level using ModelSim
• Expertise to have used ARM/RISC-V IP stitching to RTL and execute Applications on them.
• Learn new system designs and validation methodologies. Understand FPGA architectures.
• Write high quality code in Verilog/SystemVerilog and ability to develop Embedded C applications to help validate System level use models.
• Ability to review board level schematics and understanding of basic circuits.
• Lab level debug using oscilloscopes, System level Validation and working knowledge on board debug based on Schematics.
• Ability and interest to pick up new tools for Engineering activities and be an effective contributor in a cross-functional team-oriented environment.
  

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Masters/Bachelors degree with 3 to 6 years of experience
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English and good team player
• Prior experience in Post Silicon Validation activities at Systems level for any FPGA vendor
• Strong hands-on with RTL development (Verilog/VHDL) and debug for any industry standard FPGA
• knowledge of embedded processors such as RISC-V or ARM Cortex-M3 and familiarity with AMBA protocols.
• Experience using Debug hardware like Jlink/Jtrace for FW development and debug.
• Strong Lab debug experience and enthusiasm & patience to solve systems level hardware issues using Lab equipment, Embedded debuggers, and RTL debuggers.
• Good documentation habits with working knowledge on MS Word and Excel

Programming Languages:

HDL's - Verilog / VHDL, SystemVerilog

Application development:

Embedded C for ARM/RISCV processors

Tools:
Experience using Microsemi Libero / Xilinx ISE / Altera Quartus
Experience using RTL debuggers like Synopsys Identify, Xilinx Chipscope, Altera Signaltap
Experience using IDEs for Embedded C development like IAR.

Desired Skills:
Prior experience with Microsemi/Microchip FPGAs for SW tool flow and/or Systems level usage
Good understanding of Embedded Firmware development
Experience on Hardware Security Validation of crypto IP or processors
Prior experience in working with JTAG state machines.
Prior experience in IO behavior validation
Knowledge/Experience in Perl or any other scripting languages for Automation