Senior SoC Design Verification Engineer
QuadricJob Title
Senior SoC Design Verification Engineer
Role Summary
Lead the architecture and implementation of the SoC-level verification environment for Quadric's GPNPU-based SoCs. Provide technical leadership within the chip design team to define verification strategy, develop test infrastructure, and validate HW/SW integration prior to tapeout.
Work closely with architects, hardware designers, and software teams to convert specifications into test plans and measurable coverage goals.
Experience Level
Senior - minimum 5+ years of dedicated SoC/ASIC design verification experience.
Responsibilities
Design and execute SoC verification at the system level, from test plan to coverage results.
- Architect and build SoC-level UVM testbenches and verification infrastructure from scratch.
- Define comprehensive verification test plans in collaboration with architects, HW, and SW teams.
- Implement scalable testbenches using commercial VIP and internal utilities.
- Develop directed and random drivers and assembly/C++ programs to stress subsystems and integrations.
- Verify complex SoC subsystems and third-party IP (examples: NoC, PCIe/UCIe, DDR).
- Use VCS and Verilog/C co-simulation, and Python scripting, to execute and automate test suites.
- Track, analyze, and report verification progress and coverage metrics to stakeholders.
Requirements
Must-have qualifications and technical skills.
- 5+ years of hands-on SoC/ASIC design verification experience on complex designs.
- Deep expertise in UVM methodology and SoC-level verification practices.
- Proficiency in SystemVerilog or Verilog, assembly programming, and scripting (Python).
- Experience verifying SoC subsystems and integrating third-party IP such as NoC, PCIe/UCIe, and DDR.
- Practical experience with VCS and Verilog/C co-simulation environments.
- Strong computer architecture background and ability to collaborate across HW and SW teams.
- Nice-to-have: prior experience building verification environments from scratch and using commercial VIP packages.
Education Requirements
Not specified.
About the Company
Company: Quadric
Headquarters: Burlingame, California, United States
Quadric is building the world’s first supercomputer designed for the real-time needs of edge devices. Founded in 2016, the company empowers developers across industries with innovative general-purpose neural processing unit (GPNPU) architecture for neural network workloads. Co-founded by technologists from MIT and Carnegie Mellon, Quadric aims to enable groundbreaking technology development.
