SystemC Modelling Engineer

SystemC Modelling Engineer

Description:

• Will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-fidelity system-level models using SystemC for hardware/software co-design and verification.
• This role is crucial for enabling early performance analysis architecture exploration and functional validation of complex embedded systems.
• The engineer will work closely with architecture design and verification teams to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of the SystemC models.
• Projects will involve modeling various components of a platform including processors memory subsystems and peripherals.
• The candidate will utilize SystemC and related simulation environments.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain accurate and efficient SystemC models of platform components including processors memory controllers and peripherals.
• Implement TLM-based interfaces for communication between SystemC models and other simulation environments.
• Validate the accuracy of SystemC models through comparison with RTL simulations and hardware prototypes achieving a model fidelity target of X% (define target).
• Collaborate with architecture and design teams to define modeling requirements and ensure models accurately reflect system specifications.
• Contribute to the development of SystemC modeling guidelines and best practices within the organization.
• Create and maintain documentation for SystemC models including model descriptions usage examples and validation reports.
• Debug and resolve issues identified during SystemC simulation improving model performance and stability reducing simulation time by X%.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other engineers.

Required Skills:

• SystemC & TLM (Transaction Level Modeling)
• C (Proficient level including object-oriented design principles)
• Hardware Description Languages (HDLs): VHDL or Verilog (Understanding and ability to interface with)
• Debugging Tools (e.g. GDB DVE)
• Scripting Languages (Python Perl or similar)
• Version Control Systems (Git)
• Embedded Systems Architecture (Understanding of processor architectures memory hierarchies and bus protocols)
• Communication (Excellent written and verbal communication skills)
• Problem-Solving (Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities)
• Team Collaboration (Ability to work effectively in a team environment)
• Defining transaction level models of non-memory mapped interfaces (I2C SPI USB CAN Ethernet etc.)
• Porting the embedded operating system (Linux VxWorks Android ) on the virtual prototype developing the device drivers etc.
• Verification of models at IP & SoC level.
• Develop regress able self-checking test suites using C/ARM assembly.
• Develop System Level Flows and Methodologies using virtual prototypes

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Board bring-up platform initialization board support package development peripherals such as PCIe I2C SPI USB UART OS primitives memory management scheduling interrupts and multi-threading.
• Good experience in system level debugging with comprehensive understanding of managing and prioritizing system level issues.
• Extensive background in firmware development or embedded software development within a multicore environment or hardware context.

Pi-square technologies is a Michigan (USA) Headquartered Automotive Embedded Engineering Services company Synergy Partner for major OEMs and Tier 1s and their implementation partners in Automotive Embedded Product Development Projects Requirements Analysis Software Design Software Implementation Efficient Build Release Process and turnkey software V & V Services. We have more than 20 years of industry expertise with specialization in the latest cutting-edge automotive technologies such as Infotainment connected vehicles Cyber security OTA and Advanced Safety/ Body electronics.