Design Verification Engineer

Job Title

Design Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Develop and execute verification environments and campaigns for automotive connectivity SoCs based on E2B technology. The role focuses on SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches, processor-based verification, C DPI integration, coverage-driven validation, and debugging to ensure correctness before tape-out.

Work with design, architecture, firmware, functional safety, and validation teams to drive verification closure for complex mixed-signal and embedded-processor SoCs.

Experience Level

Mid-level - typically 2–4 years of relevant digital/SoC verification experience as indicated in the posting.

Responsibilities

Primary verification responsibilities for SoC and subsystem functionality, verification infrastructure, and cross-team coordination.

• Develop and maintain SystemVerilog/UVM verification environments: agents, sequences, monitors, scoreboards, assertions, and functional coverage.
• Verify SoC and subsystem functionality including processors, memories, interconnects, DMA, interrupts, peripherals, and communication interfaces.
• Translate requirements into verification plans, test scenarios, and coverage goals.
• Develop directed and constrained-random tests at block, subsystem, and SoC level.
• Implement and run processor-based verification scenarios: boot, register access, interrupts, exceptions, and firmware interactions.
• Integrate C models via DPI and maintain C/SystemVerilog DPI interfaces.
• Analyze coverage and metrics, identify verification gaps, and add tests to achieve closure.
• Execute regressions, analyze failures, debug across RTL, testbench, firmware, and models, and report results.
• Support verification of automotive safety mechanisms, fault-injection tests, and requirements traceability for ISO 26262 activities.
• Automate regression execution, results analysis, and coverage reporting; produce and maintain verification documentation.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and practical abilities required to perform the role.

• SystemVerilog & UVM: Proficiency in developing and maintaining verification environments with UVM.
• Testbench development: Experience building coverage-driven components and testcases for complex digital designs.
• Digital/SoC verification: Practical experience verifying blocks, subsystems, or SoCs containing processors, memories, buses, interrupts, or peripherals.
• C and C DPI: Experience with C programming and integrating C models/functions into SystemVerilog via DPI.
• Verification techniques: Directed testing, constrained-random, functional and code coverage, and assertion-based verification.
• RTL understanding: Ability to read and debug Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL.
• Debugging: Root-cause analysis across testbench, RTL, firmware, and reference models.
• Scripting & automation: Ability to write scripts in Python, Perl, TCL, shell, or similar to automate verification flows.
• EDA tools: Experience with simulators, waveform debug, regression drivers, and coverage-analysis tools.
• Communication interfaces: Working knowledge of SPI, I2C, UART or similar interfaces and their verification considerations.
• Collaboration: Effective communication and teamwork across design, firmware, safety, and validation groups.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with RISC-V or ARM processor-based SoCs and firmware-driven or co-verification flows.
• Familiarity with automotive connectivity, E2B technology, ISO 26262, fault injection, emulation, FPGA prototyping, mixed-signal verification, or formal/CDC/LV/GL simulation.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field is preferred; equivalent practical experience is acceptable. The posting indicates approximately 2–4 years of relevant digital design verification experience.

About the Company

Company: Analog Devices

Headquarters: Norwood, Massachusetts, USA

Analog Devices is a leading global semiconductor company that bridges the physical and digital worlds, enabling breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. With a focus on innovation, ADI develops solutions that drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare. The company employs around 24,000 people globally and reported revenues exceeding $9 billion in FY24, creating technologies that transform lives across various sectors.