Lead SoC Verification Engineer - San Francisco Bay Area - Hybrid/Remote
A well-backed stealth-mode startup in the AI compute space are looking to bring on a Lead Verification Engineer to form a founding part of their hardware team. Working alongside the design and architecture teams, you will set technical direction for verifying complex ASICs, build out your team and build testbenches from scratch as the company moves towards first tapeout.
The Role
- Work closely with design and software teams during microarchitecture and design reviews to develop comprehensive verification plans.
- Develop scalable UVM-based verification environments and reusable infrastructure for block-level and full-chip verification.
- Create directed, constrained-random and random test cases to thoroughly stress complex designs and identify functional issues.
- Work closely with system validation teams on HW/SW co-development and accelerated verification.
- Contribute to verification methodology and processes across the wider SoC development lifecycle.
Experience
- 10+ years of experience verifying complex ASICs.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Strong knowledge of industry-standard on-chip interconnect protocols, including AMBA
- Proven experience taking complex products through to first-pass silicon success.