CPU IP Design & Verification Engineer – RISC-V; College Graduate

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Global Foundries is seeking a New College Graduate CPU IP Design & Verification Engineer to join the MIPS CPU IP Engineering team and develop and verify advanced RISC-V processor IP. The role provides hands-on experience in CPU microarchitecture, System Verilog RTL implementation, functional verification, power, performance, and area analysis, automation, and debug in Austin, Texas or Santa Clara, California.

• Design and develop RISC-V CPU microarchitecture and System Verilog RTL design and development.
• Contribute to CPU functions including instruction fetch and decode, execution, load/store, caches and memory interfaces, control and status registers, exceptions, and interrupts.
• Develop verification tests, assertions, checkers, and functional coverage for CPU features.
• Run CPU simulations and regressions and debug failures using logs, architectural traces, and waveforms.
• Support functional and coverage closure through design and verification reviews.
• Support CPU power, performance, and area analysis and optimization.
• Develop Python, C/C++, or scripting-based automation to improve design, verification, regression, and debug productivity.
• Collaborate across architecture, design, verification, performance, and implementation teams to deliver high-quality CPU IP.

Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

• Education – Graduating with a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field from an accredited degree program.
• Must have at least an overall 3.0 GPA and proven good academic standing.
• Language Fluency - English (Written & Verbal)
• Strong foundation in digital logic design and computer architecture.
• Coursework, research, internship, or project experience with Verilog or System Verilog.
• Understanding of CPU fundamentals including pipelines, instruction execution, loads/stores, caches, and memory hierarchy.
• Programming or scripting experience with Python, C/C++, or similar languages.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.

• Prior related internship or co-op experience.
• Demonstrated prior leadership experience in the workplace, school projects, competitions, etc.
• Project management skills, i.e. the ability to innovate and execute solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong planning & organizational skills
• Knowledge of the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA).
• Experience with System Verilog/UVM, assertions, functional coverage, or constrained-random verification.
• CPU architecture, microarchitecture, FPGA, ASIC, or processor-design project experience.
• Familiarity with caches, memory subsystems,…