SoC Verification Manager/Director

Job Description/Responsibilities

The opening is for a verification Sr. Manager/Director who is responsible for overall SoC verification and performance modeling for Achronix’s Speedster class of FPGAs. This a high-visibility role with critical responsibilities and requires a high level of expertise and commitment, plus very good communication and presentation skills. This employee is expected to be self-driven, constantly looking to set the bar higher, and a driver of excellence!

Apart from people management responsibilities, the employee will drive methodology and own QA for the verification of all subsystems in the SoC, spanning memory subsystems like DDR5, GDDR6 and HBM2/2e, SerDes subsystems such as PCIe Gen3/4/5, CXL, 100G/400G/800G Ethernet and multi-standard PCS, and chip-level NoC connectivity. The primary responsibilities include:

• Manage the SoC verification team, working with the individuals on their development and learning, and managing assignments to specific projects and subsystems
• Drive methodologies and best practices across all SoC verification, including testbench architectures, test plan structures, migration from subsystem to full chip, etc.
• Own and drive full-chip-level verification
• Drive SoC system-level performance modeling
• Own QA for verification of all subsystems and the full chip
• Post-Si support
• Mentor other engineers

The employee is also expected to participate regularly in interactions with global teams spanning systems, software, and product engineering

Required Skills

• Expertise in leading verification of multiple complex interface such as PCIe, GDDR6, chip-level buses, etc., for high-performance chips in FPGA/ML/AI domain
• Experience managing a large team and looking after their growth, as well allocating resources to projects
• Expertise in performance modeling, with a strong background in system-level performance test creation and decision making on trade-offs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Intrinsically driven and always raising the bar
• Ability to take high-level complex and/or long-term goals, break them down to smaller goals and tasks, and plan them out. Must be able to see the big picture.
• Experience with post-Si bring-up and debug
• Strong automation and scripting experience, especially in Python and/or Perl is a plus
• Thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, with a pro-active mindset

Education and Experience

• Preferred BS/MS + 16+ years of experience in RTL design and verification
• At least eight years of experience in managing teams and executing complex projects