System on Chip (SoC) Verification Engineer (all genders) - Embedded Systems, Ingenieur

Here's how you will make a difference

As a SoC Verification Engineer, you will play a key role in pre-silicon RTL verification of block and top-level SoC designs utilizing RISC-V architecture. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will help shape a modern, reusable verification environment using state-of-the-art methodologies and metric-driven approaches.

Your key responsibilities:

Understand the nuances of RISC-V architectures and industry-standard low-power architectures to build block/chip level testbenches using best-in-class verification methodologies

Translate design specifications into comprehensive verification plans in collaboration with system architects

Develop and maintain reusable testbenches for IP/block-level verification and support IP integration verification

Create smart, constraint-random and directed test cases tailored to RISC-V SoCs

Build and analyze coverage models, and refine tests to close coverage gaps

Debug test failures, manage bug tracking, and ensure coverage closure

Lead verification reviews to uphold coding quality and best practices in SoC verification

Prepare, run, and evaluate regression runs

What you bring to the table

University degree in (electrical) engineering, IT/computer science or another related field

Solid understanding of digital logic design and RISC-V-based SoC architecture

Proven experience with SystemVerilog and UVM-based verification environments

Very good English and good German language skills

Proactive and independent mindset

Nice to have:

Familiarity with C / C++ programming, assembly and object-oriented languages such as Python

Knowledge of industry-standard interfaces and bus protocols (e.g., AXI)

Experience with IP verification methods, integration verification specific to RISC-V and embedded CPU verification

Interest in low power verification techniques and formal verification tools (e.g. JasperGold)

What you can expect

Fraunhofer is not only the largest organization for applied research in Europe, but also a top-rated employer. How so?

Our institute culture: We want our colleagues to feel comfortable. Therefore, we constantly strive to ensure a friendly and supportive working atmosphere within our international team.

Exciting activities: With customers and partners across the globe, we provide an attractive working environment in a highly innovative key industry with exciting ventures and new experiences.

Room for creativity: We want to give our colleagues a generous amount of creative freedom so that they can contribute and develop their own ideas.

Personal development: With top-of-the-range company equipment and regular training, we aim to provide the best possible working conditions and development opportunities for our colleagues.

Flexible working hours: Due to our wide range of offers, we make it easy for our colleagues to find a comfortable balance between their private and professional lives.

Equal opportunity: Our female scientists, for example, can benefit from the career program »Fraunhofer TALENTA«.

The position is initially limited to 2 years with the aim to extend it subsequently. The weekly working time is 39 hours. The position can also be filled on a part-time basis with a preference, however, to have it filled as close to a full-time position as possible.

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Appointment, remuneration and social security benefits based on the public-sector collective wage agreement (TVöD).