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Junior Processor Verification Engineer, RISC-V (Contractor)

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RISC-V is an Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) standard enabling a new era of processor innovation through open collaboration. RISC-V International enables the community to share technical investment, contribute to the strategic future, create more rapidly, enjoy unprecedented design freedom, and substantially reduce the cost of innovation.

RISC-V International, a non-profit organization controlled by its members, directs the future development and drives the adoption of the RISC-V ISA. Members of RISC-V International have access to and participate in the development of the RISC-V ISA specifications and related ecosystem.

This role is a full-time contract opportunity, dedicated to RISC-V International. Individual and service companies are encouraged to apply. It will start with a 6-month contract, but then will be extended in 1 year increments.

To learn more about RISC-V, please visit: www.riscv.org.

Job Description

RISC-V International is looking for a Junior level Verification Engineer to work as a part of the technical team focused specifically on certification program test development.

Time will be billed hourly as worked with a maximum of 40 hours / week.  The expected salary range will be $8,000 to $10,000 per month based on experience.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Work as a member of the RISC-V International Technical Team and with the RISC-V CSC community to build and deliver certification tests and test plans
  • Attend RISC-V Certification Steering Committee (CSC) and work group meetings; collaborate with  certification working groups members to support test case and test plan development and maintenance
  • Use simulation environments for Sail, Spike, QEMU, and others as-needed, to meet the CSC requirements for test evaluation and development
  • Execute within a tools-based, repeatable process for evaluating test case coverage using SystemVerilog-based coverage tools to measure certification tests
  • Collaborate with RISC-V open source test suite communities to improve test coverage through test suite development and maintenance work
  • Provide documentation creation and review of test setup, execution of selected test suites

Qualifications

The following qualifications are required for consideration:

  • BS/BA degree in EE or ECE
  • 2-3 years developing processor verification tests
  • Mastery of UNIX/Linux-based scripting tools and – make, bash, perl, Python, etc.
  • Experience with coverage-driven, verification testing
  • Experience with instruction set simulators (ISS)
  • Experience using SystemVerilog
  • Experience writing and configuring verification tests in a variety of environments including silicon, simulators and FPGA environments
  • Experience with GitHub, including CI/regression test automation

The following skills are :

  • Masters or PhD in EE or ECE
  • RISC-V ISA and assembly experience
  • Experience with QEMU, Spike, or Sail simulators.
  • Open Source software and hardware community experience



Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Junior Processor Verification Engineer, RISC-V (Contractor)

San Francisco, CA
Contractor

Published on 07/15/2025

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