High Speed IO Verification Engineer

Job Description

Introduction
As a Hardware Developer at IBM, you’ll get to work on the systems that are driving the quantum revolution and the AI era. Join an elite team of engineering professionals who enable IBM customers to make better decisions quicker on the most trusted hardware platform in today’s market.
Your Role and Responsibilities
The High Speed IO design team delivers both proprietary and industry standard interfaces for IBM’s POWER systems’ and Z Mainframe’s processors. With a current data rate up to 32Gbps and rising, verifying the functionality of the digital and analog components in an efficient manner is necessary.
Job Duties:
A verification engineer should be able to:

• create test plans and testbenches to verify both logic and microcode provided by logic designers.
• They should communicate with the logic designer to create and review a test plan document, and then implement a testcase from the document. Testcases are written in either cycle sim or event sim, depending on the application.
• Simulations should be randomized appropriately and executed in large numbers through batch submissions. Coverage should be collected and analyzed with the logic designer.
• Some amount of logic debug ability is expected.

Skills:
High-speed IO or Analog Mixed Signal Verification experience preferred, Testbench design, Automated testcase design (Fusion/C++), Sim coverage collection and analysis, Batch submission and queue management, Randomization management, General communication skills (written and on the phone)
Tools:
SystemVerilog, UVM, C/C++, Git, VHDL, Linux OS, KornShell & BASH scripting, NCSim, MESA / Fusion, HDWB, AWAN, Mantis, PSL / Bugspray, Geyzer (simulation), Figtree
About the Team:
The team in Austin, TX consists of analog circuit designers, logic designers, and verification engineers. We work with a global team to deliver IBM’s proprietary high speed interfaces for its server processors.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering
• Understanding of Analog circuits
• Familiar with Verilog/Vhdl, C/C++

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Familiarity with IO SERDES design, Mixed Signal Analysis, and design verification

About Business Unit
IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.
Your Life @ IBM
What matters to you when you’re looking for your next career challenge?
Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.
Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.
About IBM
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Location Statement
For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
IBM intends this job to be performed entirely outside of Colorado.
Being You @ IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.