Hybrid GPU Validation Engineer

at Intel Corporation

• Job title: GPU Validation Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $141,910 - $269,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Folsom, United States

About the role

• GPU Validation Engineer responsible for functional validation of GPUs within Intel's Graphics Engineering Organization. Collaborate with engineers to enhance graphics technologies and gaming experience.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and perform functional validation for GPUs
• Apply various hardware and software level tools and techniques to ensure validation coverage to meet performance, power, and area goals
• Review proposed design changes to assess impact on validation plans, tasks, and timelines
• Develop GPU validation methodologies, execute validation plans, and collaborate with other engineers for design optimization, troubleshooting, and failure analysis
• Perform pre-silicon debug to identify root causes and resolve all functional and triage failures for GPU issues
• Test interactions between various GPU features using validation infrastructure
• Influence pre-silicon validation infrastructure (behavioral checkers, trackers, waveform captures) and test environment used in validation testing
• Publish GPU validation reports summarizing all validation activities performed, review results, and communicate to relevant teams
• Work with architecture, design, verification, platform teams to maintain and improve debug, validation test strategy, methodologies, and processes for graphics interfaces and to meet desired product specifications

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering or related STEM degree and 6+ years of industry experience OR Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering or related STEM degree and 4+ years of industry experience
• Computer Architecture Knowledge and GPU Microarchitecture Fundamentals
• Knowledge of GPU functional testing
• Experience in 1 or more of the following areas: pre-silicon Validation techniques, tools and debug, IP Test Writing and Test Plans, Software programming in C/C++ and/or scripting (such as PythonSV), Validation Protocols and Strategy Development
• Familiarity with PCIe standards and compliance requirements
• Deep understanding of HW/FW flows
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Experience and hands on skills with LTB, ITP, Logic Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Scan dumps, and in-circuit Emulators

Benefits

• competitive pay
• stock bonuses
• health
• retirement
• vacation