Formal Verification Engineer
Hemel HempsteadRISC-VRTL / HDLVerificationpermanentPosted Oct 22, 2018
Overview
Skills named in this posting
- SystemVerilog
- Verilog
- VHDL
- Formal verification
- SVA
- x86
- Python
- Tcl
Job overview
The Formal Verification Engineer independently executes formal verification activities for complex hardware designs, ensuring functional correctness, robustness, and quality before tape-out.
The role involves developing and optimizing properties, running advanced formal verification techniques, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating closely with design teams to achieve verification closure.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain formal verification environments, writing assertions to validate RTL designs against specifications.
• Run formal analysis to identify bugs and corner-case issues, with guidance on complex scenarios.
• Debug counterexamples and collaborate with design and verification teams to resolve issues.
• Contribute to equivalence checking, verification planning, and coverage closure activities.
• Support improvements to verification flows, automation, and documentation while building expertise in formal methodologies.
Requirements:
Education
Bachelors/Masters/Doctorate in EEE/ECE/CS/Maths/Physics
Technical Skills:
Linux/Unix
Verilog/ SystemVerilog /VHDL
Digital design
Open-source projects in design/verification
RISC-V/Arm/x86/MIPS
SVA/PSL/Theorem proving
Tcl/Python/Bash
Soft Skills
Problem solving
Ownership
Autonomy
Team spirit
Attention to detail
Language skills: English
Experience:
2-3 years of relevant design/verification experience
1-2 years of FV experience
at least 1 project experience where autonomously run small scale projects (<2 months)
Right to work
We provide sponsorship for exceptional candidates, upon conditional terms and conditions.
In Return:
You’ll apply your formal verification expertise to technologies that shape and support millions of devices for years to come. This role gives you the opportunity to step into a field where you can grow your technical leadership and impact.
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Original posting: axiomise.jobs.personio.de
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RISC-V International: Strategic
Axiomise offers cutting edge formal verification training, consulting, and services dedicated to enabling formal for all design verification.
- Formal-verification specialists; site lists Axiomise as sponsor of RISC-V Summit North America
- Active in RISC-V verification ecosystem; no further RISC-V detail on the homepage
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