Junior VLSI Engineer (SW/DV)

The Team & Role Overview

This vacancy is situated within our core VLSI Organization. This unique hybrid role bridges embedded software development and pre-silicon design verification (DV). You will be responsible for bringing hardware components to life by developing specialized software kernels while rigorously verifying complex subsystem behaviors and system integration.

Operational Focus & Organizational Scope: Our team focuses squarely on pre-silicon execution and serves as a central technical anchor supporting hardware-software verification activities across the entire organization. In this role, you will act as a pivotal technical conduit connecting VLSI digital design, architecture, and system software to ensure robust subsystem execution and validation prior to tape-out.

High Impact on the DPU Product Line

You will have direct, hands-on impact on our DPU product line—our ultra-high-throughput silicon solution powering next-generation workloads. The Driver development and pre-silicon verification suites will directly dictate the stability, maximum bandwidth, and power efficiency of our advanced DPU subsystems, safeguarding first-pass silicon success.

Key Responsibilities

• Embedded SW Driver Development:  Design, implement, and maintain specialized SW Drivers directly interacting with underlying hardware components, controllers, and digital logic.

• Pre-Silicon Design Verification (DV):  Develop comprehensive verification environments, execute pre-silicon DV flows, author targeted test plans, and verify seamless HW/SW integration across complex subsystems.

• Cross-Organizational Technical Anchor:  Serve as a core technical anchor supporting verification activities, flows, and inquiries across architecture, VLSI digital design, and software teams.

• HW/SW Boundary Debugging:  Drive root-cause analysis for complex integration issues spanning firmware, subsystem controllers, and digital logic in simulation and emulation.

• Methodology & Flow Enhancement:  Continuously optimize verification productivity, leveraging modern automation and AI-driven development practices to accelerate verification cycles.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Academic Degree:  B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (EE) or Computer Engineering (CE) from a recognized academic institution.

• Experience:  2 to 3 years of hands-on professional industry experience in embedded software, firmware, or hardware design verification.

• Dedication & Leadership:  Demonstrated track record of commitment and leadership through significant military service, volunteering, or meaningful community service.

Mindset & Working Style

• Proactive & 'Rosh Gadol' Mentality:  Self-motivated engineer with high accountability who assumes end-to-end ownership, anticipates edge cases, and drives solutions across functional boundaries.

• Analytical & Debug Acumen:  Strong first-principles problem-solving approach with genuine passion for hardware-software co-design, debugging, and pre-silicon exploration.

Core Technical Skills

• Programming & OOP:  Strong programming foundation in C and C++ with rigorous Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) methodology.

• Verification Know-How:  Solid grasp of Design Verification (DV) concepts, testbench architecture, and hardware/firmware integration.

• Debugging Experience:  Proven hands-on experience conducting root-cause debugging at the intersection of hardware logic and software drivers.

Preferred Qualifications & Advantages (Nice-to-Have)

• DDR & Memory Subsystems:  Familiarity with or knowledge of DDR memory protocols (DDR4, DDR5, LPDDR, or HBM) and memory controller subsystems – Significant Advantage.

• DV Flow Execution:  Experience executing DV flows using SystemVerilog, UVM, Specman (e-language), or coverage-driven verification.

• Cache Coherency:  Solid understanding of cache coherency protocols, interconnects, and multi-core memory hierarchies.

• Embedded Microcontrollers:  Experience developing firmware or verifying subsystems based on ARM Cortex-M7 or equivalent cores.

• AI-Driven Development:  Familiarity with and proactive adoption of modern AI-driven development and verification assistance tools.