Principal Engineer

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Job Description:

About the Company

• Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity, and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). We also license Flash-IP solutions incorporated in a broad range of products.

About the Team

• Microchip FPGA Business unit offers an extensive portfolio of low and mid-range density FPGAs that lead the industry in their low power consumption, reliability, and security capabilities. Designing with Microchip FPGAs, SoC FPGAs and radiation tolerant FPGAs allow you to meet high-bandwidth connectivity and high-data throughput your applications need.
• We in the IP Engineering group work on delivering end-to-end IP from the specification, design, verification to validating it on our FPGA platforms.The IP Engineering group (Microchip FPGA BU) is responsible for delivering the Soft IP's as part of the FPGA ecosystem and is available through Libero software. The huge set of catalogue IP's enables the customers to build complex optimal designs, reducing the total risk and increasing the time to market in areas such as high-speed serial protocols, DSP, memory controllers, PHY IP's, avionics, bridges, areas of functional safety for our Microchip FPGA products. Please visit us at - FPGA Intellectual Property Cores | Microsemi

About the Position

• This position is an excellent opportunity for someone willing to work on the latest technologies and play a critical role in providing a roadmap for IP and IP solutions. The individual will work on verifying the Soft IP DUT at the module/ sub-system level.
• Seeking for highly motivated and passionate individual to work with an expert team of technical lead engineers & architects responsible for verification of the IP at the sub-system level. Job Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India The successful candidate will be a member of the IP Engineering group in Microchip Hyderabad, India and reports to the IP Engineering Manager. This is a hands-on technical contributor role that will allow the right candidate to develop their engineering skills and participate in varied, interesting, and challenging development projects. The successful candidate works to achieve operational targets with major impact on the departmental results.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ownership and verification of high-speed serial interface features and protocols, with experience in AMBA, DSP, DDR, and Ethernet IP cores
• Develop robust, feature-optimized test benches for designated devices under test (DUT).
• Continuously explore and implement innovative verification methodologies to enhance the quality and efficiency of test benches and drive process improvements
• Provide technical guidance to junior verification engineers and interns
• Serve as an individual contributor in verification tasks, including test bench architecture, test case coding, debugging, and verification coverage improvement
• Participate in technical reviews of verification designs to ensure a robust, bug-free IP sign-off and consistently deliver high-quality results
• Analyze coverage metrics and enhance them by defining additional targeted test cases.
• Operate effectively within project and team-oriented environments, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams
• Demonstrate willingness to assume ownership of the complete verification cycle
• Capable of delivering complex, large-scale projects that extend beyond immediate job responsibilities
• Perform duties with minimal supervision
• Exhibit strong analytical and debugging skills alongside independent problem-solving capabilities
   

Requirements/Qualifications:

• BSEE/ MSEE under Electronics or Electronics/ Telecommunications Engineering department
• 9+ years relevant digital IP/SoC verification experience

Required Skills

• Skilled in constructing verification environments, developing test benches, creating test cases and coverage points
• Experienced in designing SV/UVM based test benches
• Knowledgeable in System Verilog
• Proficient with various verification tools
• Familiar with scripting tools for verification, including TCL and Perl
• Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to engineering peers
• Able to interpret standard specifications, functional requirements, and feature updates; capable of creating micro-architectures and detailed designs for components within the Test Environment related to IP cores in protocols such as AMBA (AMBA2, AXI), SD, eMMC, DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, MIPI, DSPs (FFT, FIR), and Avionics (1553)
• Awareness of MATLAB and C programming is beneficial At Microchip, we strive to provide opportunities that create significant development experiences and a sense of ownership directly impacting customer success. We encourage diversity and recognize the value of bringing in multi-viewpoints in technology. We create an environment for
• employee recognition, technical training, and focus on employee wellness and community engagement.

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