Lead Design Verification Engineer
Location: Bengaluru
Experience: 6–12 Years
Role Overview
LeadSoc Technologies is seeking a highly skilled Lead Design Verification Engineer to drive verification of next-generation SoC/IP designs. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in high-speed protocols, RISC-V architecture, computer architecture concepts, and advanced SystemVerilog/UVM-based verification methodologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead verification activities for complex SoC, subsystem, and IP-level designs from specification to tape-out.
- Develop comprehensive verification plans, testbench architectures, coverage models, and verification strategies.
- Build and maintain scalable verification environments using SystemVerilog and UVM.
- Verify RISC-V processor cores, cache subsystems, interconnects, and SoC fabrics.
- Develop constrained-random, directed, and scenario-based test suites to achieve coverage closure.
- Perform protocol compliance and interoperability verification for high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, USB, Ethernet, DDR, CXL, AXI, CHI, and AMBA-based protocols.
- Drive functional, code, assertion, and formal coverage closure.
- Develop checkers, scoreboards, assertions (SVA), and performance validation frameworks.
- Analyze simulation failures, debug RTL issues, and collaborate closely with architecture, design, firmware, and physical design teams.
- Mentor junior verification engineers and provide technical leadership across projects.
Required Skills & Experience
- 6–12 years of hands-on Design Verification experience in semiconductor/VLSI product development.
- Strong expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, Assertions (SVA), and verification methodologies.
- Solid understanding of RISC-V ISA, processor pipelines, cache coherency, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and privilege architecture.
- Strong computer architecture fundamentals including CPUs, MMU, cache subsystems, interconnects, and performance analysis.
- Extensive verification experience with one or more high-speed protocols:
- PCIe (Gen5/Gen6 preferred)
- DDR4/DDR5/LPDDR
- USB 3.x/USB4
- Ethernet
- CXL
- AXI/ACE/CHI
- Experience in developing reusable VIPs, protocol checkers, scoreboards, and coverage models.
- Strong debugging skills using industry-standard simulators and waveform analysis tools.
- Proficiency in scripting using Python, Perl, or Shell scripting.
- Experience with emulation, formal verification, or post-silicon validation is a plus.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Experience leading verification teams and driving project execution independently.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.
What You'll Work On
- High-performance RISC-V SoCs
- Advanced CPU and subsystem verification
- High-speed protocol IPs and interconnects
- Next-generation semiconductor products targeting data center, AI, networking, and embedded applications
