Sr. IC Digital Verification Engineer

A Senior Digital Verification Engineer will define and lead the development of the Digital Verification framework and infrastructure of complex digital and mixed-signal ICs utilizing leading-edge technologies with industry-standard ASIC tools. Products to be designed/verified may include power management, signal management, and mixed-signal functions.

Responsibilities

• UVM and System Verilog-based Digital Verification environment definition and development.
• VIPs standardization, definition, development, and documentation.
• Define VIP’s integration into the Project’s Digital Verification environment.
• Digital Verification Metrics definition for RTL and Gate-Level Verification.
• Test Plan definition and development.
• Digital Verification Automation and Scripting.
• Regression’s infrastructure definition, development, and management.
• Close interaction with Senior Digital and Analog Designers to develop VIP models.
• Lead the Digital Verification Team.
• Lead and Supervise Digital Verification Tasks of multiple projects.
• Review Digital Verification Metrics and Results of multiple projects.
• Define and design Digital Verification Top-Level Tests.
• Analyze and debug test results, code coverage, and functional coverage.
• Digital Verification estimation, planning, and scheduling to meet tape-out dates.

Requirements

• PhD/BS/MS in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in Digital Design/VLSI coursework.
• 5+ years of strong experience in both RTL and Gate-Level Verification.
• Proficient in Digital Verification Industry Languages (UVM, System Verilog) and Standards.
• Proficient Level in DV skills and areas: Constraint random tests, SV assertions, coverage metrics, analog and digital DV modeling, DV test plans, regression analysis and reports, UVM DV Agents (Monitor, Driver, Scoreboard), etc.
• Solid knowledge and experience working through the entire Digital Design Flow: Specification definition, RTL Verification, Synthesis, P&R, Gate-Level Verification, Power Estimation, ATPG Generation and Simulation, AMS Sims, etc.
• Excellent Knowledge & Use of industry standard ASIC tools/flow for daily work: Digital Simulators, synthesis tools, DFT, LEC, STA, etc.
• Excellent scripting and automation skills using TCL, Python or C/C++.
• Leadership skills to technically guide the DV Team and mentor Jr. DV Designers.
• Good written/verbal communication skills and strong teamwork/collaboration.
• Knowledge/Experience with the following is a plus: Embedded designs and/or firmware development, Knowledge of power management industry/applications, I2C, I3C, SPI, USB, PMBUS, GitLab.