Design Verification Engineer

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world's leading manufacturers of the electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.
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Our Performance Digital Products is looking for a talented EE/ECE graduate to join our team as a Design Verification Engineer in our Austin,TX office. Our team works on digital power controllers and drivers used in powering high end servers, graphic and gaming consoles at Renesas. In this role, you will use your design and verification expertise to verify complex power management IC designs collaborating closely with engineers in active projects and perform hands-on verification. Using your SystemVerilog coding and problem-solving skills, you will build efficient and effective constrained-random verification environments that exercise designs through typical and corner-cases to uncover design errors. You will be responsible for the full life cycle of verification, from verification planning to test execution, to collecting and closing coverage. A new team member working with our team can expect to learn [insert processes, skills, and other training that the new hire will experience in their role].
Responsibilities:
• Plan the verification of complex SoC & design blocks by fully understanding the design specification
• Interact with design/system engineers to identify important verification scenarios
• Create and enhance constrained-random verification environments using SystemVerilog
• Create and support UVM compliant test-bench architecture
• Formally verify designs with SVA and industry leading formal tools
• Identify and write various coverage metrics for stimulus and corner-cases
• Build reusable DV infrastructure components for both block and top-level environments
• Debug tests in collaboration design engineering staff
• Build verification tools for system automation, regressions and reporting
Minimum Qualifications:
• BS/MSEE & relevant work experience
• Experience with Verilog, SystemVerilog, SVA and functional coverage
• Deep understanding of event-driven simulator based modeling techniques
• Advance knowledge of mixed signal concepts and digital-analog interfaces
• Developed and executed several comprehensive SoC and block level verification plans
• Worked on commercially successful IC's
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Clear written and verbal communications, including code documentation
Preferred Qualifications:
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in the design and/or verification of mixed signal and digital IC's
• Experience in the verification of power management ICs, high speed interfaces, or peripheral controllers
• Strong knowledge of SystemVerilog, VIP integration, High speed interface protocols
• Experience in AMS modelling and verification
• Prior experience in the development of the pre/post silicon verification strategy, test designs, and test infrastructure
• Proficiency with a scripting language like Python/Perl
• Familiarity with FPGA emulation techniques, lab equipment
• Understanding of firmware (C language) based test routines to run on embedded MCU
Renesas Electronics America is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.