SoC Functional Validation Engineer

About This Role

• The Role and Impact: As a SoC Functional Validation Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of Intel's innovative silicon solutions.
• Your contributions will directly impact the quality and reliability of Intel's SoCs, which power cutting-edge technologies across diverse industries.
• You will work at the intersection of hardware and software, validating system-on-chip (SoC) designs, optimizing performance, and delivering exceptional products to meet the demands of our global customers.
• You'll work in close collaboration with architects, microarchitects, RTL developers, and cross-functional teams to deliver industry-leading SoC solutions.
• This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of Intel's SoC technologies while collaborating with some of the brightest minds in the industry.
• Key Responsibilities: Define, develop, and perform functional validation for integrated SoCs, focusing on IP integration and system-level features.
• Develop and execute pre-silicon functional validation strategies, including scalable and reusable block, subsystem, and SoC verification plans.
• Perform system simulation and emulation to validate power, performance, and design functionality, identifying and resolving bugs in collaboration with RTL and architecture teams.
• Conduct in-depth debugging and root cause analysis of pre-silicon issues, implementing corrective measures to enhance design quality.
• Develop and execute comprehensive validation test plans to ensure SoC readiness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architecture, design, verification, and manufacturing, to optimize SoC designs and resolve validation challenges.
• Perform silicon debug to identify root causes of functional failures, triage issues, and drive resolutions.
• Test interactions between various SoC features using validation infrastructure and advanced methodologies.
• Develop and enhance post-silicon validation infrastructure, including performance monitors, state space coverage tools, and testing environments.
• Absorb learnings from post-silicon validation and continuously refine test plans to address any gaps, driving improvements for future products.
• Publish detailed SoC validation reports and communicate findings to relevant teams.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of debug and validation processes, methodologies, and strategies.