Hardware Developer - Pre & Post Silicon Validation

India Systems Development Lab (ISDL) is part of IBM Systems world-wide technology development lab. Established in 1996, the Lab is headquartered in India's Silicon Valley and startup hub - Bengaluru, with a strong presence in Pune and Hyderabad. Developers at ISDL deliver technology innovations across the entire Systems portfolio - z Systems, Power / OpenPOWER Systems and Storage. The team here works across the entire stack from processor design, firmware, operating system to software defined storage. The lab also focuses on innovations, thanks to the creative energies of the teams. The lab has contributed over 400+ patents in cutting edge technologies and inventions so far.

While computing veers towards cognitive, cloud, mobile, social, and security, the lab has significantly contributed to not just new products focused in these areas, but has also ushered in new development models such as Agile, Design Thinking and DevOps.

• Experience in leading teams on software development of Post-Silicon Validation tools, firmware development, or driver development.
• Design and develop algorithms for Post-Silicon Validation of next-generation IBM server processors, SoCs, and ASICs.
• Work on coverage closure by developing comprehensive test plans and strategies and drive to achieve coverage goals while interacting with stakeholders, verification teams, and design teams.
• Work on processor bring-up activities and own key debugs during the bring-up/power-on phase.
• Interface with multiple stakeholders in hardware design teams, lab teams, performance teams, and characterization teams.
• Skilled in utilizing object-oriented programming skills in C/C++ and scripting languages like Python/Perl to write complex test scenarios to automate/optimize.
• Experience in verifying multi-processor cache coherency and memory subsystems, ensuring seamless operation in complex systems.
• Proficiency in emulator environments/FPGA validation is preferred.
• Possess excellent leadership skills to enable and empower team members to deliver at a project level.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills.
• Experience implementing Agile processes in prior leadership roles.
• Eagerness and curiosity to learn and willingness to code and participate hands-on.

• 8+ years expereinece in Pre & Post silicon validation
• 5+ years experience in technical leadership of software teams
• Technical Expertise: Very proficient in C programming, Strong Scripting skills. Over 10+ years experience in hands on Software development using C, C++.
• Experience in Pre & Pot SiliconValidation: Extensive experience in pre and post silicon validation across ASIC/SoC and/or processor programs. Ownership in full chip functional validation, test plan build and driving development, execution, triage and debug effort by enabling team. Prior collaboration experience with RTL Design, Functional Verification ( Unit/SoC level) teams
• Computer Architecture Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of computer architecture, including processor core design specifications, instruction set architecture, and logic verification.
• Multi-Processor Cache Coherency: Experience in verifying multi-processor cache coherency and memory subsystems, ensuring seamless operation in complex systems.
• Operating Systems and Concepts: Atleast 2 years experience with Multithreading, context switching, memory management related development
• Firmware & Device Drivers: Relevant experience in Firmware, Driver development and validation in PCIE/CXL, DDR is preferred.

• Proficiency in X86 and/or ARM architecture
• Work experience in RISC V architecture is good to have
• IO device drivers, firmware exposure(NIC controller, PCIe device controllers, ASIC FW development experience)
• Experience in Spike, QEMU simulator is desirable
• Prior working knowledge in Mambo is good to have
• Experience in Functional validation using Emulators is desirable
• Relevant experience in enabling Automation for execution, triage, debug activities using AI tools and methodology is good to have.

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