At Kandou, we are a team of passionate professionals striving to make a mark in the trajectory of the semiconductor industry. If you love to be part of a start-up that is challenging established tech giants and you are a proactive problem-solver who is motivated by pushing your limits and challenging the status quo, we have an opportunity for you.
Kandou is actively seeking a resourceful Digital Verification Engineer (Serdes) ideally for our office either Lausanne (Switzerland) or UK.
Key responsibilities
- Work with Design Engineers in verification and validation of circuit designs
- Prepare design verification plan based on design specifications
- Plan and schedule assigned projects for timely completion
- Utilize latest techniques, tools and technologies for design verification activities
- Maintain design verification environment, track and close design bugs
- Develop design verification methodologies and implement standard debug flows
- Participate in design reviews
Your profile
- 5+ years’ experience in the semiconductor industry.
- Expert in digital design verification, using standardized methodologies, i.e. UVM
- Experience in simulating mixed signal designs with real-number Verilog behavioural models is highly desirable
- Familiarity with SerDes is highly desirable
- Experience with SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) and formal verification is valuable
- Experience in constrained random testbench development
- Proven track record in verifying complex designs (preferably in high volume ASIC applications)
- Experience with 3rd party VIP usage is an added bonus
- Familiarity with high level protocols (e.g. PCIe, USB, DP) is an added bonus
- Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Electrical Engineer (equivalent or higher)
Competencies
- Very good knowledge on Metric driven verification including test planning and coverage closure
- Very good knowledge on simulation tools and debugging techniques
- Knowledge of Cadence simulation tools is an added bonus
- Good scripting techniques, regression setup and regression management
- Good understanding of simulation and verification environments
- Skilled in trade-offs between quality and schedule
- Excellent team player with great communication skills, proactive and self-reliant
- Be rigorous and have an analytical mind
If you recognise yourself in the description above, and love to be part of a growing Company, are a good team player with an upbeat approach to life, we would love to hear from you.