Verification Staff Engineer - Analog Mixed-Signal

Job Description

Principal Accountabilities: 

• Execute and own assigned design verification activities that support first-pass silicon success and confirm compliance with performance, power, and schedule requirements.
• Own or contribute to analog and mixed-signal verification of integrated circuits or subsystems.
• Collaborate with AMS DV team members and local contract DV resources on assigned verification activities.
• Contribute to verification strategies for mixed-signal IPs and implement verification IP using object-oriented programming principles and methodologies, including UVM.
• Verification planning, maintenance, feature extraction, verification tests, coverage and checker development.
• Develop efficient, reusable state-of-the-art verification environments and testbench structures.
• Participate in technical reviews with analog and digital design, systems, test, validation, and verification teams.
• Able to debug the RTL for design intent and interface with cross-functional teams and collaboration in all verification related activities.
• Provide technical guidance and support to verification team members within assigned areas of expertise.

Key Performance Measures: 

• Deliver high-quality verification plans, environments, tests, checkers, and coverage within agreed project schedules.
• Identify verification risks, communicate issues promptly, and contribute to effective mitigation plans.
• Achieve verification completeness against approved specifications and coverage goals.
• Develop reusable verification components and improve verification efficiency.
• Provide clear technical documentation and share relevant knowledge with the verification team.
• Collaborate effectively with design, systems, test, validation, and other verification engineers.
• Demonstrate the Spirit of Renesas in all aspects of work.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate has an experience of 5+ years in advanced verification methodologies, owning the verification of complex digital and mixed signal designs
• Degree level qualification in electrical engineering, electronics, computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent.
• Strong fundamentals in analog and mixed signal circuit concepts and topologies.
• Experience working with mixed signal verification environment, simulation, and regression tools such as Cadence Virutuoso, xCelium, Incisive, vManager, IMC
• Ability to read analog schematics and extract related main functionality.
• Familiar with Verilog based RTL coding and ASIC design methodology.
• Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog and advanced verification methodologies, including assertions, constrained randomization, metric-driven verification, and UVM.
• Familiar with behavioral modelling of analog blocks using System Verilog (RNM) and VerilogAMS.
• Experience in modelling mixed signal blocks including biasing networks, power regulators, bandgaps, simple amplifiers, comparators, data converters, mixers, multiplexers, switches, power converters, etc.
• Experience modelling power converters is desired.
• Good knowledge of UNIX shell scripting, Perl and TCL scripting.
• Proven experience in writing verification plans and test bench development, simulation and debugging.

General:

• Concise and proactive communication skills within a multi-site and multi-cultural environment
• Ability to communicate technical recommendations clearly and build alignment based on technical facts.
• Ability to support technical discussions with internal stakeholders, customers, or partners when required.
• Takes responsibility for solutions and makes them happen, self-motivated.
• Looks for continuous improvement in own and Renesas work practices.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Results-oriented and able to deliver on-time under tight schedule pressure.
• Ability to propose innovative solutions.
• Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity

Additional Information

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