FPGA Verification Engineer

Job Title

FPGA Verification Engineer

Role Summary

The FPGA Verification Engineer will develop SystemVerilog/UVM verification environments, execute test plans, and drive coverage closure for FPGA-based designs, blocks, and sub-systems. You will work closely with FPGA and RTL design teams and support hardware bring-up when required.

Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada. Salary range: $120,000–$170,000 CAD per year plus company bonus and benefits.

Experience Level

Mid-level (Mid-Career). The role expects approximately 5+ years of FPGA or ASIC verification experience.

Responsibilities

Principal duties include verification environment development, test execution, debugging, and coverage analysis for FPGA designs.

• Develop and maintain verification environments using SystemVerilog and UVM.
• Create and run testbenches, test cases, and formalized test plans.
• Debug simulation issues and identify root causes; collaborate with design engineers to resolve defects.
• Perform code and functional coverage analysis and drive coverage closure.
• Integrate and leverage third-party VIP where appropriate.
• Support hardware bring-up and validation activities as needed.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for successful candidates; additional assets noted separately.

• 5+ years of FPGA or ASIC verification experience.
• Strong knowledge of Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Hands-on experience with UVM (or OVM) verification methodologies.
• Experience with commercial simulators (examples: Questa, VCS, Xcelium).
• Familiarity with constrained-random verification, assertions, and functional coverage.
• Understanding of FPGA architectures and toolchains (Xilinx, Intel/Altera).
• Experience with standard bus protocols such as AXI or APB.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Nice-to-have: experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, JESD), scripting (Python, Perl), and prior hardware bring-up involvement.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: BTA Design Services

Headquarters: Ottawa, ON, Canada

Ottawa-headquartered engineering services firm specializing in ASIC and FPGA design and verification and embedded software development. BTA augments client teams to accelerate development, providing verification, validation, and hardware bring-up support for complex FPGA/ASIC systems and related toolchains.