Senior System Level Verification Engineer

Job Title

Senior System Level Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Responsible for chip-level system verification and validation of ARM-based SoCs, with emphasis on simulation, emulation, regression testing, and root-cause debugging across hardware, ROM, and platform firmware.

Works closely with hardware, firmware, and software teams to build system-level test environments, execute test plans, and support ROM/FW bring-up and driver/OS boot debugging.

Experience Level

Senior - typically 7+ years in design verification or validation, including ~5+ years of system-level verification using C.

Responsibilities

Deliver system-level verification for SoC projects and support cross-team debugging and validation activities.

• Design and implement SOC system-level test environments for simulation and emulation, including log generation, backdoor configuration, and device modeling.
• Create test plans and tests, including error-condition and stress tests; implement self-checking C tests.
• Run and debug regressions in simulation and on emulators; perform RTL waveform debugging.
• Investigate and root-cause hardware issues and develop system-level verification cases to reproduce and validate fixes.
• Validate ROM and support firmware bring-up, boot flows, reset handling, recovery, and firmware-update mechanisms.
• Collaborate with software teams to debug device drivers and OS boot issues.

Requirements

Key technical requirements and preferred skills.

Must-have:

• 7+ years of design verification (DV) or validation experience and ~5+ years of system-level verification experience using C.
• Experience through a complete SOC ASIC project cycle.
• Strong understanding of CPU debug architecture and SOC system architecture.
• Proficient programming and modeling of SOC-connected devices (e.g., JTAG, UART, SPI, I2C).
• Test planning and test-case development skills using C; ability to create self-checking tests.
• Experience with RTL debugging using waveform viewers.
• Proficiency in C and scripting languages (Make, Python, Perl, shell).
• Experience with documentation and issue tracking tools such as Confluence and Jira.

Nice-to-have:

• Validation experience on emulation, FPGA, and post-silicon platforms.
• Experience validating complex IP interfaces (USB, Ethernet, PCIe, DDR).
• Familiarity with AI-assisted tools for test planning, generation, and debugging.
• Experience with SPDM, PLDM, MCTP protocols; Caliptra or crypto/security APIs.
• Experience with bootloaders, platform firmware authentication/signature verification, and OTP provisioning.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Axiado

Headquarters: San Jose, CA, United States

Axiado is an AI-enhanced security processor company founded in 2017 that develops platform security management and ransomware-detection technologies for cloud datacenters and 5G infrastructure. The firm focuses on system control, management, and secure hardware/software integration to protect critical computing platforms.