Verification Engineer Lead

CoMira helps innovative semiconductor manufacturers make markets. The company’s Ethernet, Error Correction and Security IP solutions — along with a complete services suite — enables companies to deliver chips optimized for networking, artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing and servers. For more than 10 years, CoMira has been a trusted partner for some of the biggest names in the business and specialized startups. 

Working in this role, you will be a technical lead/expert contributing to our digital verification projects with our product development team. 

We are looking for a “hands on” active participant and technologist to provide expertise in Digital ASIC Verification and to help continue to grow our exciting start-up company to the next level. 

You will perform RTL verification using SystemVerilog and object oriented tests using UVM, write documentation, develop verification environments, testbenches and verification components, verify design implementations, and develop test benches and test cases for simulation platforms according to design/architecture specification.

Other verification duties include:

  • Architecting a SystemVerilog/UVM test environment 
  • Creating a stimulus and test plan to verify a design per its functional specification and applicable standards
  • Designing and implementing UVM ComponentsUsing third-party VIP to verify components of the ASIC IP
  • Performing Code and Test Plan reviews
  • Planning for, implementing, and analyzing functional coverage
  • Scoping, planning, and tracking verification activities including test development, and test and coverage plan execution
  • Designing and tracking multiple product regressions while succinctly and accurately reporting status 
  • Creating a UVM environment from scratch
  • Reviewing standards updates to ensure test plan remains in compliance
  • Debugging issues with the verification environment and tests
  • Recreating field issues using the verification environment

We are looking for an employee with more than 5 years of experience and knowledge of:

  • Networking protocols – specifically as 802.3 (Ethernet) and related standards 
  • Security algorithms used in networking and adjacent domains
  • Forward Error Correction
  • Technical leadership
  • Verilog/SystemVerilog
  • Test benches, UVM,OVM,VIP
  • Creating UVM agents and environments from scratch
  • Perl/Python or other scripting
  • Unix/Linux scripting (perl, tcl, python, shell) with advanced debug skills
  • Advanced debugging skills
  • FPGA implementation knowledge a plus
  • Tools: Cadence Incisive, Genus, Spyglass 

Education Required: Bachelor or Masters Degree in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering

Interested in this role? Apply on LinkedIn!

Digital Hardware Design Manager

CoMira helps innovative semiconductor manufacturers make markets. The company’s Ethernet, Error Correction and Security IP solutions — along with a complete services suite — enables companies to deliver chips optimized for networking, artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing and servers. For more than 10 years, CoMira has been a trusted partner for some of the biggest names in the business and specialized startups. 

We are looking for a hands-on technologist to provide leadership and expertise in Digital ASIC Design contributing to our ASIC IP product development. In this role you will perform architecture, microarchitecture, RTL design, logic synthesis, and timing analysis, write documentation, and review test plans and coverage.

Design Manager duties include:

  • Evaluating RFQs and providing technical responses regarding functionality, power, performance, and area
  • Documentation including functional specifications, architecture, and microarchitecture.
  • RTL coding, linting, and simulation
  • Leading design reviews
  • Performing code coverage analysis
  • Scoping, planning, and tracking design activities and product releases
  • Giving feedback to verification team on test plans and testing results, debugging/fixing failures
  • Performing synthesis related tasks including writing timing constraints, performing logic synthesis, analyzing synthesis reports, achieving timing closure, and implementing ECOs
  • Providing technical support for field issues requiring engineering input

We are looking for an employee with more than 5 years of experience and knowledge of:

  • Technical leadership
  • Digital design knowledge including state machines, datapaths, fifo design, async crossings, clock and reset concepts, high-speed logic, etc.
  • Verilog/SystemVerilog and synthesizable concepts
  • Unix/Linux scripting (perl, tcl, python, shell) 
  • Advanced debugging skills
  • Networking protocols 
    • 802.3 (Ethernet) and related standards 
    • PCIe, CXL, and related standards
  • Security algorithms used in networking and adjacent domains
  • Forward Error Correction
  • UVM,OVM,VIP a plus
  • FPGA implementation knowledge a plus
  • Tools: Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys, Spyglass, Git 

Education Required: Bachelor or Masters Degree in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering

This position is located at the CoMIRA Solutions Design Center in Pittsburgh, PA. To learn more about CoMIRA visit www.comira-inc.com.

Interested in this role? Email us at jobs@comira-inc.com.