ASIC Verification Engineer

Agere Systems is a global leader in semiconductors for storage, wireless data, and public and enterprise networks. The company's chips and software power a broad range of computing and communications applications, from cell phones, PCs, PDAs, hard disk drives and gaming devices to the world's most sophisticated wireless and wireline networks. Agere's customers include top manufacturers of consumer electronics, communications and computing equipment. Agere's products connect people to information and entertainment at home, at work and on the road -- enabling the connected lifestyle.




Agere Systems is a global leader in semiconductors for storage, wireless data, and public and enterprise networks. The company's chips and software power a broad range of computing and communications applications, from cell phones, PCs, PDAs, hard disk drives and gaming devices to the world's most sophisticated wireless and wireline networks. Agere's customers include top manufacturers of consumer electronics, communications and computing equipment. Agere's products connect people to information and entertainment at home, at work and on the road -- enabling the connected lifestyle.

 

Job Responsibilities
Duties will include working within a Product Development Team to develop reusable block-level and ASIC testbenches using HVL. Develop new ASIC verification environments to support ASIC development. Maintain existing ASIC verification environments. Review RTL architectural and implementation specifications. Create stimulus drivers, monitors, dataflow models, and test plans to verify function and performance of advanced multiprotocol networking ASICs. Define and develop application tests required to verify ASICs meet functional and performance goals. Define and implement functional coverage plans. Define and implement code coverage plans. Develop testing and regression methodologies for new verification flow. Coordinate test plan implementation and regressions with remote team. Incorporate reusability into all aspects of the verification environment. Develop/maintain/enhance environment tools/scripts/makefiles.



Functional/Industry Knowledge 
Required:

- Minimum of 4-6 years ASIC Verification experience in a product development environment 
- Proven ASIC Design Verification skills 
- Fluent in Verilog for design verification 
- Experience with a HVL: SpecMan, VERA, SystemC or Testbuilder
- Experience with one or more scripting languages: awk, Perl, python
- Experience with C/C++
- Superior debugging skills for large ASIC designs
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Adaptable to evolving customer requirements


Desired:
- Past experience in a lead position giving guidance to other engineers
 
Education/Certifications
Required Degree: BS
Preferred Degree: MS
Preferred Major: Electrical Engineering or related discipline
 
We value the diversity of our people. Agere is an Equal Opportunity Employer

 

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