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Sr. ASIC Design Verification Engineer

Sr. ASIC Design Verification Engineer

CompanyGroq
LocationToronto, ON, Canada
Salary$120000 – $142000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • BS degree in electrical engineering, or related fields, or equivalent practical experience; advance degrees (MS or PhD) is a plus
  • 8+ years design verification experience of building testbenches environments and design verification processes

Responsibilities

  • Verify hardware features of Language Process Unit (LPU)
  • Collaborate within the Hardware Team to design and verify features on LPU chips in simulation, emulation and silicon
  • Develop and implement advanced verification environments and methodologies for complex ASIC designs
  • Implement and optimize automated verification flows to improve productivity and efficiency
  • Utilize formal verification techniques to rigorously verify critical design properties and ensure compliance with specifications
  • Stay updated on the latest trends and advancements in ASIC design verification and incorporate innovative techniques into the verification process
  • Support silicon bring-up and debug
  • Be a productivity multiplier. Contribute to identifying and adopting engineering best practices within the verification team and interactions with cross-functional teams at Groq
  • Innovate. Contribute to developing future verification strategies for validating future accelerator chips and hardware architectures for ML workloads

Preferred Qualifications

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to clearly communicate concepts in written and verbal form to stakeholders
  • Experience with building block and SOC testbench development
  • Good familiarity with SystemVerilog and UVM
  • Good familiarity with randomly constrained testing methodologies
  • Good familiarity with power verification strategies and UPF
  • Good familiarity with netlist simulation
  • Good familiarity with formal verification flow and tools
  • Experience in Python and/or Perl scripting
  • Knowledge of ASIC design flow
  • Knowledge of applying machine learning to ASIC verification flow
  • Knowledge of silicon bring-up, debug, and manufacturing ATE support
  • Proven track record of delivering bug-free silicon