Lead CPU Verification Engineer

Lead CPU Verification Engineer

Location: Bengaluru, India

Experience: 8–12 Years

Role:

Lead the verification of next-generation CPU cores and CPU subsystems, driving verification strategy, architecture validation, and first-pass silicon success for high-performance processor designs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute verification plans for CPU Core, Cache, MMU, Interconnect, and Coherency verification.
• Build and enhance SystemVerilog/UVM verification environments, assertions, scoreboards, and coverage models.
• Develop constrained-random and directed testcases to achieve functional and code coverage closure.
• Debug complex RTL and verification issues in collaboration with architecture and design teams.
• Drive regression, verification signoff, and methodology improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead verification execution across multiple CPU projects.

Required Skills:

• 8–12 years of ASIC/SoC Design Verification experience.
• Strong expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, SVA, Functional Coverage, and Constrained Random Verification.
• Hands-on experience verifying CPU cores (ARM/RISC-V/x86), Cache Coherency, MMU, Interrupts, Pipelines, and Memory Subsystems.
• Strong understanding of AMBA AXI/ACE/CHI protocols.
• Experience with VCS, Xcelium, or Questa, and scripting in Python/Perl/Shell.
• Exposure to Formal Verification, Emulation, or C/C++ is a plus.

Preferred Qualification: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Computer Engineering, or a related field. Proven experience leading CPU verification activities for complex SoCs.