SoC Verification Engineer

Job Title

SoC Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Join the digital group in the Cellular IoT R&D unit to develop Nordic Semiconductor's next-generation ultra-low-power SoCs. The role focuses on RTL/IP integration and functional verification with an emphasis on verification planning, test infrastructure and coverage closure.

The team works on low-power wireless and microcontroller subsystems. You will collaborate with hardware and software engineers in Tampere to deliver robust verification environments and leverage AI-driven methods to increase verification efficiency.

Experience Level

Entry-level / Early-in-career - junior role. Suitable for candidates with approximately 0–3 years of relevant verification or RTL experience.

Responsibilities

Primary verification and test development tasks:

• Plan SoC/IP subsystem verification and define coverage goals.
• Develop test infrastructure and functional verification environments.
• Write embedded C or CPU-centric tests for verification.
• Define, implement and analyze coverage metrics.
• Develop testbenches and test cases using Verilog, SystemVerilog and UVM.
• Read, debug and perform root-cause analysis of RTL (Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL).
• Apply AI-assisted tools and techniques for test/testbench generation, regression management, and failure triage.

Requirements

Essential technical skills and language abilities:

• Strong knowledge of coverage-based, assertion-based and formal verification techniques.
• Solid working knowledge of HDLs: Verilog, SystemVerilog and/or VHDL; familiarity with SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA).
• Good debugging and problem-solving skills for verification environments and RTL issues.
• Programming experience with low-level or script languages is beneficial (C, C++, Python, Perl).
• Interest in or experience using AI tools (e.g., LLM-based coding assistants) in verification workflows is a plus.
• Fluent English (written and oral).

Education Requirements

MSc in Electrical Engineering or equivalent academic degree preferred; a Bachelor’s degree with relevant industrial experience is acceptable. Equivalent practical verification experience will also be considered.

About the Company

Company: Nordic Semiconductor

Headquarters: Trondheim, Norway

Norwegian fabless semiconductor company that designs low-power wireless connectivity solutions and system-on-chips (SoCs) for IoT, including Bluetooth Low Energy, Thread, Zigbee, LTE-M/NB-IoT, Wi‑Fi, and cloud services (nRF Cloud).