Senior ASIC Design Verification Engineer (Network Security)
Palo Alto NetworksJob Title
Senior ASIC Design Verification Engineer (Network Security)
Role Summary
Join the ASIC verification team in Santa Clara to verify next-generation firewall ASICs. Responsible for pre-silicon verification planning, simulation and emulation execution, and verification infrastructure to meet performance, feature, and reliability targets. The role works closely with architecture, design, verification, and software teams in a primarily office-based, hybrid environment.
Experience Level
Senior — minimum 5 years of ASIC design verification experience with demonstrated success taking ASIC products to production.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include pre-silicon verification planning, simulation and emulation, and automation.
- Collaborate with software, architecture, design, and verification teams to define pre-silicon verification plans.
- Plan and execute simulation test plans using coverage-driven, constrained-random methodologies.
- Develop emulation flows, methodologies, and infrastructure; create, run, and debug emulation tests with system architects and ASIC designers.
- Define and implement tools and methodologies to improve verification quality and velocity.
- Automate verification tasks for triage, coverage closure, and metrics-driven verification.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience.
- 5+ years in ASIC design verification or equivalent experience; proven track record of shipping ASIC products to production.
- Expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM and strong functional coverage modeling skills.
- Experience creating scalable test benches and self-checking verification infrastructure.
- Proven debugging skills for failure analysis and coverage closure.
- Proficiency in Python, C/C++, Perl, and UNIX shell scripting for automation.
- Experience with emulation and building emulation test flows and infrastructure.
- Familiarity with networking, cybersecurity, formal property verification, and silicon validation (preferred).
Education Requirements
BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science required; MSEE preferred.
About the Company
Company: Palo Alto Networks
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States
Global cybersecurity company that develops network and cloud security products, including next-generation firewalls, endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and AI-driven security platforms for enterprises and service providers.
