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Key Responsibilities:
- Execute System-Level Verification: Develop and run test plans for ARM-based SoCs using UVM methodology, focusing on subsystem and SoC-level interactions.
- Performance Testing: Create scenarios to analyze system performance (latency, throughput, bandwidth), collect metrics, and collaborate with architects to identify bottlenecks.
- Testbench Development: Contribute to building and maintaining modular UVM testbenches for system-level features, interconnect traffic, and power sequences.
- Scenario-Based Testing: Simulate real-world use cases involving multi-core operations, memory traffic (AMBA), and boot sequences.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s/Master’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
- 3-5 years of hands-on ASIC/SoC verification experience.
- UVM Proficiency: Demonstrated experience developing UVM testbenches and test sequences.
- AMBA Knowledge: Working experience with AMBA protocols (AXI, AHB, APB)
- ARM Exposure: Understanding of ARM SoC architectures (Cortex-A/M/R cores, memory subsystems).
- System Verification: Experience verifying IP/sub-system interactions within an SoC context.
- Performance Awareness: Ability to develop performance tests and interpret simulation metrics.
- Debug Skills: Competence in debugging testbench/RTL failures using waveforms/logs.
- Technical Skills: Proficient in SystemVerilog and scripting (Python/Perl/Tcl).
- Tool Experience: Exposure to industry simulators (VCS, Xcelium, or Questa).
Preferred Skills:
- Exposure to multi-core/coherency protocols (e.g., ACE/CHI).
- Familiarity with C/C++ for test stimulus or firmware interaction.
- Basic understanding of low-power verification concepts (UPF/CPF).
- Awareness of high-speed interfaces (PCIe, USB, DDR).
- Interest in performance modeling or emulation (Palladium/Zebu/HAPS).
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