Design Engineer II

Job Title

Design Engineer II

Role Summary

Join the Silicon team as a Design Verification Engineer responsible for verifying IP blocks, subsystems and full chips for SoC/FPGA/ASIC projects. The role focuses on developing verification plans, building UVM/SystemVerilog testbenches, running simulations, and collaborating with design, IP and software teams to close verification milestones.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically 5–8 years of relevant digital design and verification experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities for this role include planning and executing verification activities and delivering quality silicon on schedule.

• Develop verification plans, define metrics and track progress against milestones.
• Verify blocks, subsystems and full-chip behavior using assertion-based, directed and randomized tests.
• Implement SystemVerilog/UVM and C-based testbenches; create BFMs, UVCs and verification tools.
• Define and maintain regression environments and verification flows.
• Perform functional, RTL, assertion and gate-level coverage analysis and simulations.
• Collaborate with design, IP and software engineers to debug issues and close coverage gaps.
• Develop and promote verification best practices and methodologies for SoC projects.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience needed to perform the role.

• 5–8 years of digital design verification experience on ASIC/FPGA/SoC projects.
• Strong experience with HDL/HVL and verification methodologies (SystemVerilog, UVM).
• Experience with simulation and verification tools such as Cadence IES/Xcelium, Synopsys VCS or Mentor Questa.
• Proven debugging and analysis skills for complex digital designs.
• Hands-on scripting skills (Python, Perl or shell); experience with TCL and build tools (Make).
• Experience developing verification components (UVCs, BFMs) and verification automation.
• Strong communication, documentation and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Nice-to-have: formal verification experience and additional verification tool exposure.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics or Electrical Engineering.

About the Company

Company: Lattice Semiconductor

Headquarters: Portland, Oregon, USA

Lattice Semiconductor specializes in low power, small-form-factor programmable logic devices and solutions. The company is known for its innovative technology that enables a wide range of applications, including communication, consumer, and industrial markets.