Hardware Verification Engineer (CZ)

TL;DR :) Digital Design Verification - CodAL - RISC-V ISA - Processor Microarchitecture - CPU - Start-up culture

Locations: Brno, Prague, Remote CZ (Hybrid mode)

Department: Czech R&D/HW Engineering

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: Mid-Senior Level

They say, “Designing microprocessors is hard, expensive, and takes years.” But does it have to? We say, “No.”

Codasip is expanding its teams in the Czech Republic and is happy to announce a vacant CPU Verification Engineer role for a team of DV Engineers who are located in the Czech Republic (Brno) and taking care of Low Power Embedded, High-Performance Embedded, and High-Performance RISC-V application processors.

Moreover, our Verification Domain is split among several European locations - R&D centers in Brno and Prague (Czech Republic), Villeneuve-Loubet (French Design Center), offices in Munich and Barcelona, Poland, Greek R&D (Heraklion and Thessaloniki), and the UK Design Centers (Bristol and Cambridge), which means that you will act in daily concert with our Verification teams as well as Verification Leads such as Giorgos Nikiforos, Konstantinos Padarnitsas, Paul Sargent, Laurent Arditi, Christoph Schade, etc.

YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE:

• Verify modern RISC-V processors and their components to raise the quality of our deliverables
• Create a pre-silicon verification environment, automated tests, and checkers.
• Design generic solutions and process automation
• Hunt for bugs by creating and using smart algorithms
• Come up with and realize your own ideas on how to improve, automate or upgrade our technologies on an even higher level (you will definitely get our support)

Requirements

YOU NEED TO POSSESS THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in hardware verification, Verilog simulation, formal methods, or UVM.
• Proficiency in HDL languages such as Verilog, VHDL, or SystemVerilog.
• Experience with versioning tools like Git.
• Practical knowledge of Linux.
• Proficient scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Tcl.
• Good communication skills in English.
• Proven ability to think outside the box and tackle complex problems.
• Solid self-organization and reliability.

NICE-TO-HAVES:

• Desire to play a role in shaping the RISC-V world of tomorrow
• DIY activities related to open-source software, home automation, robotics, or similar
• University degree in a related field (Microelectronics, HW design, Embedded SW, Robotics, or similar)

Benefits

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Opportunity to work with RISC-V, computer architecture of the future
• Working on innovative IoT processors and unique processor optimization technology
• Participation in the whole development process from analysis to deployment
• Opportunity to collaborate with experienced developers located in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Greece, and the Czech Republic
• Receptivity to your own innovations and ideas

What is Codasip about?

We believe Codasip is the most innovative processor solutions company. We take pride in designing and developing cutting-edge, high-performance, and energy-efficient CPU cores from scratch, and our own automated proprietary tools to fully customize them. We give our customers a unique competitive advantage by empowering their system-on-chip developers to build the most innovative products.

Our processor cores are based on the RISC-V open architecture. The potential for customizing RISC-V is unlocked with the Codasip Custom Compute approach: our unique architecture description language, CodAL, and the powerful automated processor design tool, Codasip Studio. These are at the heart of our unique and groundbreaking RISC-V processor solutions.

Founded in 2014, we've grown into a thriving and talented global community. Our IP engineering teams work from offices spread across Europe, including our first and largest design center in the beautiful city of Brno, Czechia. Across Europe, we already have design teams in Cambridge, Bristol, Munich, Villeneuve-Loubet, Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Heraklion and Athens. The Codasip team is also based close to its customers, which means we have dedicated sales and application engineers in the USA, Japan, Korea, and China.

Codasip is a private company backed by well-funded EU grants. Our products are already making a real impact, with billions of devices already in the market powered by our processor IP and tools.

Want to be an architect of ambition? Join Codasip

At Codasip we are committed to fostering a creative and collaborative work environment. Codasippers have the freedom to explore original ideas and experiment with new techniques. We believe in the benefits of cross-departmental collaboration and encourage sharing to build awareness throughout the teams. This enables you to add value through variety in your work.

When you join Codasip, you become part of a motivated team of self-starters where your ideas are appreciated and your voice is heard. We strive to create an environment where your ambition can flourish and your career can reach new heights. So, come and join our team of architects of ambition. We can't wait to see what you'll achieve at Codasip.

SOME USEFUL LINKS ON CODASIP:

• Codasip RISC V Processor Solutions
• Design for differentiation: architecture licenses in RISC‑V
• Building a Swiss cheese model approach for processor verification
• I VE VYSOCE KONKURENČNÍM PROSTŘEDÍ JE MOŽNÉ VYBUDOVAT ÚSPĚŠNOU SVĚTOVOU FIRMU, VZKAZUJE STUDENTŮM VUT ZAKLADATEL SPOLEČNOSTI CODASIP KAREL MASAŘÍK
• Efficient verification of RISC-V processors – Technical paper

We're passionate about RISC-V processors. If you are, apply now :)