Full Job Description
*Please Note: Candidates for this role must be open to relocation to Duluth, GA.
Renesas is looking for an experienced **Staff Design Verification Engineer** to join our team developing leading-edge memory interface products for data center, AI, and cloud computing applications. These products enable high-bandwidth, power-efficient memory solutions for intensive computing environments.
This role will contribute to the verification of advanced memory data buffer products, including **DDR6 and future generations**. The ideal candidate brings strong semiconductor design verification experience with **SystemVerilog and UVM**. Previous DDR or memory experience is an advantage, but is not required.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive verification activities for complex digital designs at the **block and system level**.
- Develop and execute verification plans based on functional and performance specifications.
- Develop, maintain, and optimize **SystemVerilog/UVM verification environments and testbenches**.
- Develop verification tests, functional coverage, checkers, and other verification components.
- Take ownership of verification environments and verification execution for assigned blocks and features.
- Drive and monitor coverage to ensure verification goals are achieved.
- Work closely with design engineers to ensure designs meet requirements and are effectively verifiable.
- Analyze verification results, debug failures, and identify functional or design issues.
- Develop efficient, reusable verification environments and methodologies with a focus on quality, performance, and ease of use.
- Identify and implement improvements to verification processes, methodologies, and design behavior.
- Participate in feasibility studies and technical reviews.
- Serve as a technical resource within the team, providing guidance on complex verification problems and sharing best practices.
- Communicate verification status, risks, and results to project stakeholders.
**Qualifications**
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in **Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field**, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of related experience in semiconductor design verification.
- Strong experience in **semiconductor design verification**.
- Strong proficiency with **SystemVerilog** and hands-on experience using **UVM (Universal Verification Methodology)**.
- Experience developing and debugging UVM-based verification environments and testbenches.
- Experience with verification planning, functional verification, coverage, checkers, test development, and debugging.
- Ability to independently own complex verification assignments and determine appropriate verification approaches.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with DDR4, DDR5, memory interfaces, data buffers, or other high-speed memory technologies.
- Experience improving verification methodologies, efficiency, or reuse.
- Experience serving as a technical resource or mentoring other engineers.
*Please Note: Candidates for this role must be open to relocation to Duluth, GA.
**Additional Information**
Renesas offers a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, and pet insurance. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive company-paid life insurance and AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as paid sick time, paid holidays, and accrued paid vacation. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.
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