Design Verification Engineer

Job Title

Design Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Develop and verify RTL and digital implementations for mixed-signal audio converter products. Work on digital design and verification within the Audio Converters product development team and collaborate with analog, AMS verification, systems and physical design engineers to deliver silicon-ready designs.

Focus areas include RTL implementation, CDC/RDC analysis, timing closure, and mixed-signal integration for audio applications.

Experience Level

Mid-level - 3–5 years of hands-on digital RTL design experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog) for digital blocks in mixed-signal audio converters.
• Collaborate with analog, AMS verification, systems, and physical design teams to ensure correct digital-analog integration and silicon readiness.
• Perform RTL verification, linting, CDC/RDC checks and resolve issues identified during synthesis, STA, and timing analysis.
• Design and verify serial interfaces (SPI, I²C, I²S, PDM, TDM) and DSP-oriented blocks (CIC, FIR, IIR).
• Use scripting (Python/Perl/Tcl) to automate flows and support RTL-to-GDSII sign-off tasks.
• Support tapeout and first-silicon bring-up activities.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

Must-have

• 3–5 years RTL design experience using Verilog and/or SystemVerilog.
• Strong digital design fundamentals: FSMs, FIFOs, pipelines, synchronizers, handshaking, arbitration.
• Practical knowledge of CDC and reset-domain crossing design techniques and analysis.
• Experience with RTL quality tools (linting such as SpyGlass or equivalent) and CDC/RDC analysis tools.
• Familiarity with RTL-to-GDSII flow including synthesis, static timing analysis and sign-off; ability to read timing reports and identify RTL-level root causes.
• Experience designing and verifying serial interfaces and implementing digital filter blocks.
• Basic understanding of mixed-signal concepts (ADC/DAC architectures, signal chains, digital-analog interfaces).
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, Perl or Tcl for automation.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with audio converter products (ADC, DAC, CODEC, Class-D amplifiers) or audio SoC development.
• Knowledge of sigma-delta modulators, oversampling and multi-stage decimation filter design.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink for fixed-point modeling or algorithm-to-RTL translation.
• Exposure to UVM-based digital verification and analog co-simulation.
• Understanding of DFT concepts including scan, ATPG and design-for-test practices.
• Experience taking RTL from specification through tapeout and first-silicon bring-up.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's (B.E./B.Tech) or Master's (M.E./M.Tech) in Electronics, Electrical, VLSI or a related technical field as specified in the posting.

About the Company

Company: Texas Instruments

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, USA

Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and embedded processing chips for various markets including industrial, automotive, and personal electronics. The company's innovations aim to make electronics more affordable and reliable, fostering advancements in technology through each generation of semiconductors.