Intern, Design Verification and Validation - Fall 2024

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

This position is for a design verification/validation intern for Analog Mixed-Signal and Digital products. The intern will assist in developing, verifying, characterizing, validating, and supporting circuit IP blocks for product development.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Develop and simulate self-checking, functional design verification, and validation test benches
• Characterization of digital circuits
• Analysis of characterization results
• Modify C code controlling automated test equipment

 

Competency Requirements

In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Displaying Technical Expertise: Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others
• Driving for Results: Aggressively pursues challenging goals and objectives; will to put in considerable time and effort to accomplish objectives; takes a highly focused, goal-driven approach toward work
• Making Accurate Judgments and Decisions: Bases decisions on a systematic review of relevant facts and information; avoids making assumptions or rushing to judgment; provides clear rationale for decisions
• Working with Ambiguity: Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information
• Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations

 

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• Ability to code and run Verilog simulations
• Familiarity with sequential and combinational logic, finite state machines, data path components such as adders, comparators, subtractors, multipliers, shifters, counters, timers
• Familiarity with timing, metastability, setup/hold constraints
• Familiarity with memory components, storage elements
• Familiarity with software techniq