Senior Design Verification Engineer
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- England,East of England,Cambridgeshire
- Full Time, Permanent
- Salary negotiable
Job Description:
Full job description An exciting opportunity has just opened for a Senior / Lead Verification Engineer to join a cutting-edge team in Cambridge, UK, driving innovation in next-gen semiconductor projects
Our client is expanding their DV team at a key growth stage, offering a rare opportunity to join early and genuinely shape verification methodology, standards, and technical direction as the team scales.
Position Overview
The work is focused on production-grade open-source silicon, including the Ibex RISC-V CPU and OpenTitan security platform, developed in collaboration with world-leading partners such as Google. This is real silicon used as a foundation for secure and scalable compute systems.
Key Responsibilities
*Design, implement, and debug block/system-level tests and testbenches using SystemVerilog and UVM
*Develop test and coverage plans for new and updated designs
*Triage and debug nightly regressions
*Review contributions to open-source projects
*Enhance test and CI infrastructure
*Collaborate on academic/industry publications
*Stay current with verification best practices and introduce improvements
Candidate Requirements
Essential:
*5+ years industry experience in design verification
*Strong SystemVerilog and UVM expertise
*Experience across the full verification cycle (planning to tape-out)
*Able to provide estimates and coordinate with project managers
*Comfortable in multidisciplinary, multi-organisation teams
*Familiar with Git and code review tools (GitHub, GitLab, Gerrit)
*Programming in C and/or Python for tests and automation
*Undergraduate degree in a technical discipline or equivalent
Desirable:
*Experience with multiple hardware block types
*Knowledge of security countermeasures (fault injection, side-channel attacks)
*Experience with RISC-V ISA or other instruction sets
*Familiarity with formal verification tools (e.g., JasperGold)
Benefits
*25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
*Employer pension contribution
*Private medical insurance, income protection, critical illness and life cover
*Opportunities to attend industry conferences and training
Our client is expanding their DV team at a key growth stage, offering a rare opportunity to join early and genuinely shape verification methodology, standards, and technical direction as the team scales.
Position Overview
The work is focused on production-grade open-source silicon, including the Ibex RISC-V CPU and OpenTitan security platform, developed in collaboration with world-leading partners such as Google. This is real silicon used as a foundation for secure and scalable compute systems.
Key Responsibilities
*Design, implement, and debug block/system-level tests and testbenches using SystemVerilog and UVM
*Develop test and coverage plans for new and updated designs
*Triage and debug nightly regressions
*Review contributions to open-source projects
*Enhance test and CI infrastructure
*Collaborate on academic/industry publications
*Stay current with verification best practices and introduce improvements
Candidate Requirements
Essential:
*5+ years industry experience in design verification
*Strong SystemVerilog and UVM expertise
*Experience across the full verification cycle (planning to tape-out)
*Able to provide estimates and coordinate with project managers
*Comfortable in multidisciplinary, multi-organisation teams
*Familiar with Git and code review tools (GitHub, GitLab, Gerrit)
*Programming in C and/or Python for tests and automation
*Undergraduate degree in a technical discipline or equivalent
Desirable:
*Experience with multiple hardware block types
*Knowledge of security countermeasures (fault injection, side-channel attacks)
*Experience with RISC-V ISA or other instruction sets
*Familiarity with formal verification tools (e.g., JasperGold)
Benefits
*25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
*Employer pension contribution
*Private medical insurance, income protection, critical illness and life cover
*Opportunities to attend industry conferences and training
Job number 3809076
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