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Role Overview
As a Principal Digital Verification Engineer, you will lead the pre-silicon verification of complex IP blocks, subsystems, or SoCs for automotive and industrial applications, with a strong focus on electrification solutions. In addition to defining verification strategies and developing advanced test environments, you will coordinate and mentor a team of verification engineers, ensuring alignment with project goals and best practices.
Key Responsibilities

Define and execute comprehensive verification plans aligned with design specifications and industry standards.
Develop, maintain, and debug UVM/SystemVerilog-based testbenches for RTL, gate-level, and power-aware simulations.
Create and manage test cases, assertions (SVA/PSL), monitors, and coverage metrics (code and functional).
Lead and coordinate a team of verification engineers, providing technical guidance, task planning, and performance feedback.
Drive methodology improvements and adoption of best practices, including formal verification techniques and automatic code and report generation.
Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, firmware, and system architecture teams to ensure design quality and integration.
Support post-silicon validation and debug, correlating RTL and silicon behavior.

Preferred Skills

Familiarity with automotive and industrial domains, especially electrification systems.
Hands-on experience with EDA tools (Cadence Xcelium, JasperGold, VManager).
Knowledge of standard protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, APB).
Hands-on experience with Python, Makefile, Tcl, shell languages.
Continuous learning mindset and ability to drive innovation in verification methodologies.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Semiconductor Manufacturing

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