Senior Staff Engineer - Design Verification

Job Title

Senior Staff Engineer - Design Verification

Role Summary

Senior verification engineer responsible for SOC and subsystem verification within Marvell's Custom Compute & Storage (CCS) business unit. The role leads verification architecture, plans and execution for complex ARM-based SoC projects and helps deliver silicon-quality RTL and gate-level verification.

Works with global cross-functional teams, mentors junior engineers, and contributes to verification process improvements for storage, accelerator and CXL-related product lines.

Experience Level

Senior — senior/lead level engineering role. (Experience: several years of SOC/subsystem verification; exact years not specified.)

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include end-to-end SOC/subsystem verification planning, implementation and delivery.

• Define verification architecture and verification plans for SOC/subsystem projects.
• Develop UVM-based testbenches, integrate VIPs and in-house verification components.
• Create and run UVM and assembly/C test cases; perform coverage analysis at RTL and gate levels.
• Integrate complex VIPs (ARM, Cadence, Synopsys, etc.) and manage verification infrastructure.
• Conduct reviews across verification phases to ensure quality and on-schedule deliverables.
• Mentor and technically guide junior engineers; track and report team deliverables.
• Collaborate with global teams and communicate status clearly in writing and verbally.

Requirements

Core technical skills and tools required for the role. Must-have items are listed first; nice-to-have items follow.

• Must-have:
  • Experience in SOC/subsystem-level verification of ARM-based SoCs and UVM testbench development.
  • Proficiency writing and debugging tests in UVM and C.
  • Knowledge of ARM architecture and AMBA bus standards (AXI-4, CHI, ACE).
  • Experience with common interfaces: DDR, eMMC, PCIe, Ethernet, USB.
  • Familiarity with verification toolchains (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor, ARM tools) and version control (CVS, SVN, GIT).
  • Scripting skills (Tcl, Perl) for testbench and automation tasks.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work with distributed teams.
• Nice-to-have:
  • Experience with ARM boot environments.
  • Exposure to assertion-based formal verification and hardware emulation platforms.
  • Familiarity with SystemC TLM modeling.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Marvell Technology

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions serve as essential building blocks of the data infrastructure connecting our world, driving innovation across enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier architectures. The company focuses on creating transformative technology that shapes the future.