Design Verification Engineer

Job Title

Design Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Join Cirrus Logic's digital verification team contributing to mixed-signal IC developments in the Edinburgh and Newbury sites. The role focuses on planning and executing verification for complex subsystems and full ICs, improving verification methodology, and delivering production-quality verification results.

Experience Level

Mid-level. The role typically suits engineers with roughly 3–7 years of verification experience, though the team hires across multiple seniority levels depending on project needs.

Responsibilities

Deliver and lead verification activities for mixed-signal IC projects and improve verification practices across the team.

• Define IC verification plans mapping product requirements to detailed testcases.
• Lead verification teams to achieve thorough verification and first-time silicon success.
• Design and implement reliable, reusable testbenches for complex subsystems and full ICs.
• Participate in verification specialist groups and contribute to methodology discussions and improvements.
• Coach and support team members to follow and improve verification practices.
• Hands-on involvement in project design and verification activities, including debug from RTL to gate level.

Requirements

Key technical skills and hands-on verification experience required; preferred skills listed separately.

• Proven track record delivering complex mixed-signal ICs.
• Metric-driven verification: verification planning, requirements extraction, directed and constrained-random verification, functional and code coverage analysis.
• SystemVerilog and SVA (SystemVerilog Assertions).
• Testbench design experience with verification frameworks such as UVM, OVM, e or VMM.
• Debugging skills across RTL, testbench, OOP, and gate-level (including SDF).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to interpret results and resolve issues.

• Formal verification and qualification techniques.
• Scripting experience (Ruby, sh/csh, TCL, Make, Perl).
• Power-aware verification experience (CPF/UPF).
• Familiarity with object-oriented programming design patterns.

Education Requirements

BEng / BSc / MEng / MSc degree or equivalent in Electronics, Computer Science or a related discipline; equivalent practical experience is acceptable.

About the Company

Company: Cirrus Logic

Headquarters: Austin, TX, United States

Designer and manufacturer of high-precision analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, specializing in audio and voice processing solutions for consumer electronics and mobile devices, including audio codecs, converters, and SoCs.