About the role#
As a VLSI Design Verification Intern, you will join our team working on the HPE Slingshot interconnect. This technology powers some of the largest HPC and AI systems globally. You will work alongside architects, logic designers, and verification engineers on a switch or NIC ASIC project for future generations of Slingshot. You will gain hands-on experience with industry-standard SystemVerilog and UVM techniques while exploring how we apply AI-assisted workflows to solve engineering challenges.
What you'll do#
- Develop SystemVerilog and UVM testbench components, including models, monitors, scoreboards, and checkers.
- Write constrained-random tests.
- Develop and analyze functional coverage to identify verification gaps.
- Debug regression failures and help identify, log, and resolve logic bugs.
- Work directly with ASIC designers and architects.
- Use scripting, automation, and AI-assisted tools to improve the verification process.
What you'll need#
- Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Coursework in digital design and computer architecture.
- Experience with object-oriented programming.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to ask questions, explain your reasoning, and participate in technical discussions.
- Experience with a hardware description language such as Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
- Experience with Python, Perl, Tcl, or another scripting language.
- Experience working in Linux development environments.
- Academic, research, or personal projects involving digital hardware.
- Experience working as part of a distributed team.
Location & details#
- Location: Ft. Collins, Colorado.
- Modality: Hybrid (requires working on average 2 days per week from an HPE office).
- Type: Full-time internship.
- Term: Rolling.
About Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise operates as a public IT services and consulting company. It functions as an edge-to-cloud business. The company maintains its headquarters in Houston, Texas. It employs 92,729 people across its global operations.
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