Senior Technical Staff Engineer - Verification

Job Title

Senior Technical Staff Engineer - Verification

Role Summary

Verification-focused technical staff engineer in the Communications Business Unit Product Development team. Responsible for defining verification strategy and architectures, delivering verification platforms, driving coverage closure and sign-off readiness for communication semiconductor devices and subsystems, and mentoring verification engineers.

Experience Level

Senior - 12+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Define and own verification architecture and strategy across block, subsystem and device levels.
• Create risk-based verification plans from system use cases and device requirements.
• Design and implement UVM/SystemVerilog-based verification platforms, assertions, and coverage models.
• Drive verification execution: regressions, debug, coverage closure, and sign-off readiness.
• Mentor and provide technical direction to verification engineers; lead small teams as needed.
• Collaborate with product, design, software, validation and applications teams to align verification with system goals.
• Participate in concept and feasibility studies to identify verification risks and methodology needs early in the cycle.
• Improve internal verification flows, reuse, automation and best practices.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred skills:

• 12+ years of verification or related experience in digital ASIC/SoC projects.
• Proven experience verifying complex digital integrated circuits using SystemVerilog, UVM, assertions, constrained-random testing, coverage-driven verification, and/or formal verification.
• Strong coding skills and scripting experience (Tcl/Perl/Python) and experience with C/C++ and XML.
• Experience with Synopsys, Cadence or similar verification, simulation, formal, debug, coverage or regression management tools.
• Excellent analytical, debugging and communication skills in English.
• Familiarity with communication protocols (Ethernet, OTN, ASA) - asset.
• Experience with advanced silicon process technologies and complex SoC verification environments - asset.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

About the Company

Company: Microchip

Headquarters: Chandler, Arizona, USA

Microchip is a leading semiconductor company focused on developing innovative solutions to enhance the human experience. With a commitment to empowering innovation, Microchip prioritizes the value of its employees by fostering a culture that supports their growth and contributions.