ASIC Verification Engineer

Job Title

ASIC Verification Engineer

Role Summary

As an ASIC Verification Engineer at Cognysync you will design and execute verification environments and tests to validate ASIC-based trading systems used in high-frequency trading. You will collaborate with ASIC design engineers and cross-functional teams to ensure functional correctness, performance, and timely delivery of production-quality hardware.

Experience Level

Senior — requires approximately 8+ years of ASIC verification experience, preferably in high-frequency trading or financial technology.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include defining verification strategies, building verification environments, and driving verification activities to closure.

• Develop and implement ASIC verification plans to validate functional correctness and performance of trading algorithms.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable verification environments using industry-standard methodologies (e.g., UVM).
• Write test cases, create testbenches, and run functional and regression test suites.
• Perform code and functional coverage analysis and ensure compliance with specifications.
• Collaborate with ASIC design engineers to debug failures and resolve design and timing issues.
• Work with cross-functional teams to define verification strategies, schedules, and delivery criteria.
• Evaluate and adopt verification tools, scripts, and methodologies to improve productivity and quality.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Minimum 8 years of ASIC verification experience, preferably in high-frequency trading or financial technology.
• Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog for ASIC verification.
• Experience with UVM or equivalent verification methodologies.
• Scripting skills (Python, Perl, or TCL) for automation and test infrastructure.
• Familiarity with ASIC synthesis, timing closure, and hardware debugging.
• Experience with synthesis tools (e.g., Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus).
• Knowledge of high-frequency trading concepts, market microstructure, and trading algorithms.
• Familiarity with FPGA design and verification.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills; ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Cognysync

Cognysync develops ASIC and FPGA hardware and software solutions for high-frequency trading and financial technology, specializing in low-latency trading systems, ASIC verification, and automation tools.