Senior Principal Engineer, SoC Design Verification

Job Title

Senior Principal Engineer, SoC Design Verification

Role Summary

Serve as a senior technical authority for verification of custom System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. Lead verification strategy, architect scalable verification platforms, and coordinate cross-functional execution across multiple programs.

Work within the engineering organization in Hyderabad to define verification approaches, drive signoff criteria, and mentor senior technical staff.

Experience Level

Senior-level - typically requires 8+ years with a Master's degree or 11+ years with a Bachelor's degree of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Define verification strategy, architecture, and signoff criteria for complex SoC programs or a portfolio of designs.
• Lead high-impact technical initiatives including planning, risk management, and cross-organizational execution.
• Architect scalable verification platforms, methodologies, reference models, assertions, coverage solutions, and automation strategies.
• Establish verification readiness and quality frameworks and provide evidence-based signoff recommendations to program leadership.
• Resolve critical issues across RTL, architecture, firmware, DFT, emulation, physical design, and post-silicon teams.
• Drive technical innovation and continuous-improvement initiatives with measurable impacts on quality, productivity, cost, or schedule.
• Coach and mentor senior engineers and serve as a key technical advisor to functional and program leadership.
• Perform work in a safe and compliant manner and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security programs.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and capabilities:

• Recognized mastery and breadth in SoC design verification and proven technical leadership across multiple programs.
• Expert-level skills in SystemVerilog, UVM, constrained-random verification, functional coverage, and SystemVerilog assertions.
• Advanced scripting, automation, and data-analysis skills (Python, Tcl/Tk, Perl, Shell, or equivalent).
• Extensive experience with EDA verification, debug, and signoff tools in a UNIX environment.
• Proven ability to define strategy, solve complex and novel problems, and influence senior cross-functional leadership.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and elevating technical capability across teams and programs.

Nice-to-have:

• Power-aware verification (UPF) including isolation, retention, and power-state transitions.
• Experience with CPU architectures (RISC-V, Arm, MIPS) and common SoC protocols (AXI, AHB, APB, SPI, I²C, UART).
• Familiarity with UVM RAL, SystemRDL, IP-XACT, or register-model generation flows.
• Experience with formal verification, gate-level simulation, emulation, FPGA prototyping, or hardware/software co-verification.
• C or C++ experience related to embedded software, test development, or reference models.

Education Requirements

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant industry experience; OR Bachelor's degree in a related field with 11+ years of relevant industry experience. No specific certifications are required.

About the Company

Company: GlobalFoundries

Headquarters: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

GlobalFoundries is a leading contract manufacturer for the global semiconductor industry, with facilities in multiple countries, including the USA. The company develops a broad portfolio of semiconductor technologies and employs around 13,000 people worldwide. GlobalFoundries focuses on enhancing competitiveness in specialized application solutions and fostering innovation in mobile communications, consumer electronics, and automotive applications.