Foundation IP Memory Verification Engineer

Job Description

Foundation IP Design Engineer

We are looking for energetic and passionate design engineers to join our Central Engineering Group and be part of an elite team responsible for the development of foundation IP for AI products, including memory compilers, logic cells, and custom macros of all types on the bleeding edge of process technology. We have multiple positions at all experience levels.

Responsibilities

• Contribute towards memory design validation of all types of custom memory macros and memory compilers
• Perform functional verification, root cause design discrepancies, and help resolve them
• Perform signal integrity analysis, identify design weaknesses, and propose possible solutions to address them
• Perform transistor-level simulations to check for Power Up or Lock Up issues and help resolve them
• Perform EM/IR analysis and simulations and evaluate impact on timing and internal margins
• Perform transistor-level simulations to validate timing and internal margins, identify timing characterization gaps, and help resolve them
• Perform various QA and validation checks to ensure accurate timing and power models
• Develop scripts to automate verification flow and data analysis
• Support silicon debugs and correlation to SPICE models
• Collaborate with key memory designers to co-develop and improve memory characterization and validation flow
• Coordinate with memory design leads, modelling leads, and managers to define and execute the memory validation plan

Preferred Skills

• Good understanding of transistor-level circuit behavior and device physics
• Good understanding of signal integrity analysis, EM/IR analysis, and reliability analysis
• Proficiency in running simulators, writing automation scripts, and being tools-savvy
• Understanding of memory behavioral and physical models is a plus
• Expertise in memory circuit design is a plus
• Understanding of DFT schemes and chip-level integration is a plus
• Good communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
• Motivated, self-driven and good at multitasking
• Passion for solving complex problems and willingness to learn

Qualifications

Requires a BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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