System on Chip (SoC) Verification Engineer (all genders)

Here's how you will make a difference

As a SoC Verification Engineer, you will play a key role in pre-silicon RTL verification of block and top-level SoC designs utilizing RISC-V architecture. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will help shape a modern, reusable verification environment using state-of-the-art methodologies and metric-driven approaches.

Your key responsibilities:

• Understand the nuances of RISC-V architectures and industry-standard low-power architectures to build block/chip level testbenches using best-in-class verification methodologies
• Translate design specifications into comprehensive verification plans in collaboration with system architects
• Develop and maintain reusable testbenches for IP/block-level verification and support IP integration verification
• Create smart, constraint-random and directed test cases tailored to RISC-V SoCs
• Build and analyze coverage models, and refine tests to close coverage gaps
• Debug test failures, manage bug tracking, and ensure coverage closure
• Lead verification reviews to uphold coding quality and best practices in SoC verification
• Prepare, run, and evaluate regression runs

What you bring to the table

• University degree in (electrical) engineering, IT/computer science or another related field
• Solid understanding of digital logic design and RISC-V-based SoC architecture
• Proven experience with SystemVerilog and UVM-based verification environments
• Very good English and good German language skills
• Proactive and independent mindset

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with C / C++ programming, assembly and object-oriented languages such as Python
• Knowledge of industry-standard interfaces and bus protocols (e.g., AXI)
• Experience with IP verification methods, integration verification specific to RISC-V and embedded CPU verification
• Interest in low power verification techniques and formal verification tools (e.g. JasperGold)

What you can expect

Fraunhofer is not only the largest organization for applied research in Europe, but also a top-rated employer. How so?

• Our institute culture: We want our colleagues to feel comfortable. Therefore, we constantly strive to ensure a friendly and supportive working atmosphere within our international team.
• Exciting activities: With customers and partners across the globe, we provide an attractive working environment in a highly innovative key industry with exciting ventures and new experiences.
• Room for creativity: We want to give our colleagues a generous amount of creative freedom so that they can contribute and develop their own ideas.
• Personal development: With top-of-the-range company equipment and regular training, we aim to provide the best possible working conditions and development opportunities for our colleagues.
• Flexible working hours: Due to our wide range of offers, we make it easy for our colleagues to find a comfortable balance between their private and professional lives.
• Equal opportunity: Our female scientists, for example, can benefit from the career program »Fraunhofer TALENTA«.

The position is initially limited to 2 years with the aim to extend it subsequently. The weekly working time is 39 hours. The position can also be filled on a part-time basis with a preference, however, to have it filled as close to a full-time position as possible.

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Appointment, remuneration and social security benefits based on the public-sector collective wage agreement (TVöD).