Hello people of blind, I understand the basics on getting back out there to start interviewing. I've been in a design/verification role in graphics for 1.6 years now, worked 2.5 in a backend core design team prior to that. UVM clean sheet testbench design, RTL feature coding and the good old validation metrics is what I've been dealing with in my current role. I'm looking to make my next move but I'm still in the initial stages of this thought, things are pretty good right and I have plenty of good work for now. I do see myself getting a bit bored and I like planning ahead when it comes to this, so I have a thorough knowledge of what's out there I'm reaching out to you for a conversation, just to give your two cents on this. What are your recommendations for 1. Interview prep and resources 2. As people in similar roles, any experience or advice on what technology areas currently are exciting to work in? 3. What companies would you recommend I should target? YOE 4, Base Pay 100K California, non bay-area based I appreciate all the responses and your opinions for this post in advance!
Just brush up on your basics . You can search for interview questions online plenty of them for DV. Apply to all companies start with qcom, Samsung get confidence then apply to nvidia Apple google. Note down each and every question you were asked and revise based on them. You will discover where you are lacking and you should prepare for them. It might take a long time but you are at prime age to GTFO before they demand more if you in interviews. Best of luck !
Thank you very much, that is very succinct and on the point
Line up interviews close together. Get multiple offers. Negotiate.
That's a default, my questions were not related to that but thank you for the comment
Cracking Digital VLSI interviews is a popular book. You might want to try it out. Learnuvmverification.com is another good resource. At my workplace we had Doulos conduct a five day SV and UVM workshop. This included hands on coding in addition to the lecture. I'm going through it now and I find it very useful to understand the concepts. More time consuming. But I'm learning so much even after working on UVM for five years now.
I conduct interviews for DV engineers that we hire. We test basic comp arch, programming, debug, coverage, test planning knowledge in addition to SV and UVM.
I've been through that book a couple of times, very good material. Any chance you can share the doulos material if its digital?
also check out verificationacademy.com -> Cookbooks on UVM and coverage are good for code examples
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