Introduction The High Speed IO design team delivers both proprietary and industry standard interfaces for IBM’s POWER systems’ and Z Mainframe’s processors. With a current data rate up to 64Gbps and rising, verifying the functionality of the digital and analog components in an efficient manner is necessary.
Your Role and Responsibilities
Understand the design specification, Power On Specification, and Power management specification.
Understand boot firmware and reset flow. And/or Power management flow.
Develop skills in IBM BIST verification tools and apply them successfully
Develop the verification environment and test bench
Debug fails using waveform, trace tools and debug RTL code
Work with Design team in resolving/debugging logic design issues and responsible for deliveries
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Experience in Design Verification – demonstrated execution experience of verification of logic blocks
Strong in SoC verification: Chip reset sequence and initialization, and/or Power management.
Knowledge of verification (any) methodology, Knowledge of HDLs (Verilog, VHDL)
Good programming skills in C/C++, Python/Perl
Exposure in developing testbench environment, write complex test scenario, debugging and triaging fails
Hardware debug skills backed by relevant experience on projects
Exposure in developing testbench environment, write complex test scenarios
Good communication skills and be able to work effectively in a global team environment
Drive verification coverage closure
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Knowledge of Chip-Initialisation , SCAN , BIST is a plus
Scripting Expertise backed up relevant experience in the same