Director - SoC Verification

Job Title

Director - SoC Verification

Role Summary

Lead and scale a multi-team SoC verification organization within the System Solutions Group (SSG), delivering customer-facing verification services across automotive, aerospace, defense, and high-performance computing.

Accountable for verification strategy, methodology standards, team structure, and executive customer engagement to ensure timely tapeout and delivery of complex SoC projects.

Experience Level

Senior — requires extensive leadership experience; posting specifies 15+ years of hands-on SoC, subsystem, or IP verification experience.

Responsibilities

You will lead verification execution, organizational planning, and customer engagement. Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and grow a multi-team SoC verification organization delivering customer services across multiple domains.
• Define and drive verification strategy: methodology standards, signoff criteria, VIP and tool deployment, and reusable testbench patterns.
• Plan headcount, hiring, succession, performance management, and skill development to build scalable capability.
• Partner with sales and account teams to scope opportunities, assess technical/resource risk, and prioritize work against capacity.
• Act as executive-level technical authority on complex verification challenges, escalations, and convergence across multi-protocol, multi-domain designs.
• Establish accountability for verification managers and technical leads and drive adoption of Synopsys tools based on project learnings.
• Maintain executive customer relationships to enable long-term engagement growth and position Synopsys as the verification partner of choice.

Requirements

Must-have technical and leadership qualifications (education summarized below):

• 15+ years of hands-on SoC, subsystem, or IP verification experience with significant leadership scope.
• Expert-level knowledge of UVM-based verification, coverage-driven closure, verification planning, and multi-domain debug on processor-based SoC architectures.
• Proven experience leading large verification organizations or multi-project teams through planning, delivery, and customer signoff in services or product environments.
• Deep working knowledge of PCIe, Ethernet, USB, DDR, and AMBA interconnects and practical proficiency with Synopsys tools VCS, Verdi, and VIP.
• Demonstrated ability to build organizational structures with clear accountability and to develop managers and technical leads.
• Ability to partner with sales and senior customer stakeholders on scoping, risk assessment, and escalations.
• Nice-to-have: experience with ARM-based SoC architectures, automotive functional safety verification, or emulation flows.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is specified.

About the Company

Company: Synopsys

Headquarters: Mountain View, California, USA

Synopsys is a leading company in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP solutions. It provides tools and services for designing and verifying complex semiconductor devices and systems. The company plays a pivotal role in the semiconductor industry, helping engineers innovate and deliver higher-quality products faster. Synopsys is committed to advancing technology standards and offers a range of software and hardware solutions to its clients globally.