Intel is a company dedicated to creating world-changing technology that enriches lives. They are seeking a CPU Verification Engineer to perform functional verification of CPU logic, develop verification plans, and collaborate with various teams to ensure high-performance CPU designs meet specifications.
Responsibilities
- Perform functional verification of CPU logic to ensure design will meet specification requirements
- Develop IP verification plans, test benches, and the verification environment to ensure coverage to confirm to CPU microarchitecture specifications
- Execute verification plans and defines and runs system simulation models to verify the design, analyze power and timing, and uncover bugs
- Replicate root causes, and debugs issues in the presilicon environment
- Find and implement corrective measures to resolve failing tests
- Collaborate with CPU architects, RTL developers, and physical design teams to improve verification of complex architectural and microarchitectural features and to meet functional, performance, and power goals
- Document test plans and drive technical reviews of plans and proofs with design and architecture teams
- Maintain and improves existing functional verification infrastructure and methodology
- Participate in the definition of architecture and microarchitecture features of the CPU being designed actively
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical/Electronic Engineering with 3+ months of experience - OR - a Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical/Electronic Engineering
- 3+ months experience in computer architecture, including specific areas of technical ownership/expertise relevant to CPUs
- 3+ months experience hardware modeling languages, such as Verilog, VHDL, or System Verilog and industry standard logic simulation tools
- 1+ years of experience validation and debug experience such as test writing/generation, checker development, coverage analysis, failure debug, root cause analysis
- 1+ years' experience in at least one language: C/C++, Perl, Python, etc
- Advanced degree in computer engineering or electrical engineering or STEM related degree and 3+ years of experience in the following:
- Experience with Intel Architecture ISA and system architecture, x86 assembly language
- Familiarity with software validation, including microcode, firmware, etc
- Experience in post-silicon debug and analysis
- Intel or industry experience in micro-architecture, design or verification of CPU cores
- Experience with a hardware modeling language, such as Verilog, VHDL, or System Verilog and industry standard logic simulation tools
- Assembly language programming, code generation, or other low-level software experience
- Validation environment development in C/C++/ Python
- Test bench development concepts and languages like Specman, System Verilog UVM/OVM
- In-depth computer architecture with emphasis on out of order processor execution
- Intel or industry experience in pre-silicon verification of CPU cores, including specific areas of technical ownership/expertise relevant to CPUs
Benefits
- Health, dental, and retirement benefits
- 14 paid holidays per calendar year
- Three weeks of paid vacation
- Four-week paid sabbatical every four years of employment
- Five bonuses per year dependent on overall company and personal performance
- Employee stock purchase program
Company Overview
- Our mission is to shape the future of technology to help create a better future for the entire world, that’s the power of Intel Inside. It was founded in 1968, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, US, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.intel.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
- Intel has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 239 in 2026, 2793 in 2025, 3717 in 2024, 3576 in 2023, 4811 in 2022, 3359 in 2021, 1174 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.