Principal Soc Design Verification Engineer

Senior System-On-Chip Design Verification Engineer

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world's most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets.

Summary of Role: Seeking a Senior System-On-Chip Design Verification Engineer to verify the High-Performance Data Processing Unit Chiplets and Automotive Microcontrollers. The candidate will be responsible for contributing to all phases of the verification life cycle, including reviewing specifications, developing testbench architecture, creating test plans, defining and closing coverage, and debugging failing simulations.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Hands-on development of testbenches, test cases, and checkers to exercise and measure design behavior against specified intent.
• Debug differences in simulated behavior of designs and design specifications.
• Contribute to the development of DV flows and methodology for improved development efficiency.
• Independently manage verification tasks while mentoring junior team members.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Spec, Design, etc) to resolve bugs.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in SoC verification.
• Expertise in writing tests using SystemVerilog, UVM, and C.
• Experience with scripting languages like Python, Tcl/Tk, Perl.
• Understanding of SOC interconnects and bus standards such as AXI, AHB, APB.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven written and verbal technical communication skills.
• Self-motivated, collaborative team player able to broadly contribute project goals.
• Innovative approach to improving existing processes and methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience with RISC-V, ARM, and/or MIPS CPU architectures.
• Knowledge of register description languages (IP-XACT, SystemRDL, UVM RAL).
• Familiarity with Functional Safety standards (ISO 26262) and fault injection methodologies.
• Background with power-aware (UPF) and gate-level simulations (GLS).
• Familiarity of formal verification tools and techniques.

Expected Salary Range $94,300.00 - $175,100.00. The exact salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience, and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations. GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory. All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law.