Principal Engineer - Verification IP

Job Title

Principal Engineer - Verification IP

Role Summary

Lead technical owner for Verification IP (VIP) products used to verify Arm hardware IP, focusing on AMBA interfaces and integrations into IP, subsystem and SoC testbenches.

Work within the VIP team to define architecture, drive delivery and improve verification tools and methodologies while mentoring engineers across the organisation.

Experience Level

Senior (Principal) level; specific years of experience not stated.

Responsibilities

Technical leadership and hands-on delivery for VIP products, working with architects and project leads to set priorities and ensure adoption.

• Take technical responsibility for one or more VIP products or functional areas (architecture, development, delivery, evolution).
• Define technical requirements and development priorities with AMBA architects and project leads.
• Drive architecture and technical decisions balancing functionality, performance, maintainability and delivery.
• Plan roadmaps and deliver significant engineering workstreams to agreed quality and schedule.
• Support integration and adoption of VIP solutions across engineering teams.
• Identify and implement improvements to products, processes and verification methodologies.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers at multiple experience levels.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience required for the role; a separate list of desired skills follows.

• Significant experience in IP/SoC verification and verification processes.
• Deep expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM-based testbench or verification IP development.
• Strong understanding of functional verification methodologies, including constrained-random, coverage-driven verification, formal verification and assertions.
• Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading complex technical work packages and delivering engineering outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Proven ability to mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers.

Nice-to-have:

• Hands-on knowledge of Arm architecture and AMBA protocols (e.g. CHI, AXI).
• Understanding of cache coherency, interconnect architectures and large Arm-based systems.
• Experience with emulation- or acceleration-based VIP, formal protocol checkers, or assertion-based verification.
• Experience with simulation performance optimisation, verification automation or debugging infrastructure.
• Experience developing shared verification frameworks and reusable verification libraries.
• Familiarity with software development workflows such as Continuous Integration.
• Experience using AI tools/assistants to improve engineering efficiency.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Arm

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.