Functional Verification Engineer

Introduction
IBM Infrastructure is a catalyst that makes the world work better because our clients demand it. Heterogeneous environments, the explosion of data, digital automation, and cybersecurity threats require hybrid cloud infrastructure that only IBM can provide.
Your ability to be creative, a forward-thinker and to focus on innovation that matters, is all support by our growth minded culture as we continue to drive career development across our teams. Collaboration is key to IBM Infrastructure success, as we bring together different business units and teams that balance their priorities in a way that best serves our client’s needs. IBM’s product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Functional Verification Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of IBM server processors, SOCs, and ASICs. Guiding the development of verification environments and testbenches, you will be instrumental in crafting test strategies and driving verification coverage closure. Your expertise in functional verification methodologies and programming skills will be essential in delivering high-quality designs for IBM servers.

Your primary responsibilities include:
· Verification Environment Development: Guide the development of verification environments, testbenches, and test cases for IBM server processors, SOCs, and ASICs.
· Collaborative Debugging: Collaborate with design teams and key stakeholders to debug and resolve logic design issues, ensuring the delivery of high-quality designs.
· Coverage Closure: Drive verification coverage closure by developing comprehensive test plans and strategies, ensuring thorough verification of IP/unit/block-level designs.
· Programming: Utilize object-oriented programming skills in C/C++ and scripting languages like Python/Perl to write complex test scenarios and automate verification processes.
· Ongoing Skill Development: Develop proficiency in IBM functional verification tools and methodologies, staying updated with the latest advancements in the field.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

· Functional Verification Experience: Extensive experience in functional verification of processors or ASICs, demonstrating a deep understanding of verification methodologies.
· Computer Architecture Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of computer architecture, including processor core design specifications, instruction set architecture, and logic verification.
· Multi-Processor Cache Coherency: Experience in verifying multi-processor cache coherency and memory subsystems, ensuring seamless operation in complex systems.
· Gate Level Simulation and Emulation: Proficiency in gate level simulation and emulation techniques, facilitating thorough verification of designs.
· Functional Verification Methodology: Expertise in functional verification methodologies such as UVM/OVM/System Verilog/SystemC, ensuring effective verification of designs.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

· Advanced Verification Techniques: Familiarity with advanced verification techniques such as formal verification or assertion-based verification, enhancing verification thoroughness and efficiency.
· Experience with Hardware Description Languages (HDLs): Proficiency in hardware description languages like Verilog and VHDL, enabling seamless collaboration with design teams and enhancing verification effectiveness.
· Experience in System-Level Verification: Exposure to system-level verification methodologies and techniques, ensuring holistic verification coverage across multiple levels of design abstraction.