ASIC Design Verification Engineer, Project Kuiper

Job ID: 2645102 | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
The Role:
Be part of Project Kuiper’s sub-team responsible for defining and implementing the digital chip SOCs for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites and Amazon gateways. This is a unique opportunity to define a groundbreaking wireless solution with few legacy constraints. The team works with customer requirements and wireless system teams to define modems, high-speed interfaces, embedded processors, and DSP solutions in latest CMOS generation technologies.
In this role you will:
· Implement a state of the art verification environment to facilitate testing of the RTL against reference Matlab/C models
· Develop detailed test plans and write tests, run regressions, collect coverage matrices and report progress to the program
· Participate in the validation of FPGAs using test benches, which can be reused for the ASIC implementation
· Run formal verification of complex blocks to ensure functional correctness
· Work with the design and communication systems team and participate in system level verification using test benches constructed using UVM, System C and DPI-C
· Develop a highly automated environment to run regressions that can be used to make builds and maintain organization of the database

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
San Diego, CA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering or Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in verification preferably in communication systems
- 2+ years of experience in UVM, C, System C, and scripting

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master's or Ph.D degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering
- 7+ years of experience in digital verification, preferably in communication systems
- Familiarity with Matlab
- Familiarity with formal verification techniques
- Strong written and verbal skills

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