Junior Processor Verification Engineer, RISC-V (Contractor)

Job Description

RISC-V International is looking for a Junior level Verification Engineer to work as a part of the technical team focused specifically on certification program test development.

Time will be billed hourly as worked with a maximum of 40 hours / week.  The expected salary range will be $8,000 to $10,000 per month based on experience.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work as a member of the RISC-V International Technical Team and with the RISC-V CSC community to build and deliver certification tests and test plans
• Attend RISC-V Certification Steering Committee (CSC) and work group meetings; collaborate with  certification working groups members to support test case and test plan development and maintenance
• Use simulation environments for Sail, Spike, QEMU, and others as-needed, to meet the CSC requirements for test evaluation and development
• Execute within a tools-based, repeatable process for evaluating test case coverage using SystemVerilog-based coverage tools to measure certification tests
• Collaborate with RISC-V open source test suite communities to improve test coverage through test suite development and maintenance work
• Provide documentation creation and review of test setup, execution of selected test suites

Qualifications

The following qualifications are required for consideration:

• BS/BA degree in EE or ECE
• 2-3 years developing processor verification tests
• Mastery of UNIX/Linux-based scripting tools and languages – make, bash, perl, Python, etc.
• Experience with coverage-driven, verification testing
• Experience with instruction set simulators (ISS)
• Experience using SystemVerilog
• Experience writing and configuring verification tests in a variety of environments including silicon, simulators and FPGA environments
• Experience with GitHub, including CI/regression test automation

The following skills are preferred:

• Masters or PhD in EE or ECE
• RISC-V ISA and assembly language experience
• Experience with QEMU, Spike, or Sail simulators.
• Open Source software and hardware community experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.