Principal ASIC Verification Engineer

Job Title

Principal ASIC Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Technical lead for ASIC/SoC verification delivering verification architectures, methodologies, and reviews across multiple projects within the Global Business Unit. Provides hands-on technical direction, drives verification best practices, and influences product and standards decisions.

Work involves defining verification strategies, leading cross-team efforts, mentoring engineers, and interfacing with executive leadership and external partners.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 10+ years of relevant ASIC/VLSI verification or hardware design experience.

Responsibilities

Accountable for verification strategy, review, and leadership across multiple ASIC projects.

• Define organization-wide VLSI verification architectures, methodologies, and standards.
• Develop and review verification plans, testbenches, coverage models, and metrics for complex integrated circuits.
• Evaluate designs and verification activities for compliance with technology and development guidelines.
• Provide technical leadership and accountability for multiple project teams and external development partners.
• Mentor and coach engineers; contribute to selection and development of future technical leaders.
• Identify emerging VLSI technologies, propose new projects, and influence product strategy and roadmaps.
• Present technical findings to executive leadership and standards groups.

Requirements

Key skills and experience required for success in this role.

• 10+ years of ASIC/VLSI verification or related hardware design experience.
• Expertise in digital logic, VLSI principles, and computer architecture.
• Proven mastery of verification methodologies and flows (e.g., UVM), hardware description languages, and scripting/programming (for example SystemVerilog, VHDL, Python, TCL).
• Practical experience with EDA and FPGA tool flows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with clear executive-level written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across multiple teams and projects.
• Nice-to-have: history of patents, publications, technical presentations, or participation in industry standards bodies.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical field; coursework in VLSI concepts may be expected. Equivalent practical experience is accepted.

About the Company

Company: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Headquarters: Spring, TX, United States

Global enterprise technology company delivering hybrid cloud, edge-to-cloud platforms, servers, storage, networking, and IT services to help organizations build, run, and secure applications and infrastructure at scale.