SoC Verification Lead
ArmJob Title
SoC Verification Lead
Role Summary
Lead functional verification of complex SoC designs within Arm's Systems Development team, ensuring IP blocks (CPU/GPU/DSP, memory controllers, interconnects) integrate correctly and meet required quality and schedule targets.
Define test plans and methodologies, coordinate across architecture, design, implementation, silicon validation and FPGA/board teams, and mentor verification leads.
Experience Level
Senior — lead-level role. No explicit years-of-experience requirement stated in the posting.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include owning verification strategy, delivery and team coordination.
- Lead and manage SoC verification activities and verification teams for complex SoCs.
- Own test plans and define verification methodologies to achieve required quality and schedule targets.
- Plan tasks, set schedules and sign-off criteria with project management, design and engineering management; report progress and quality checkpoints through to Tape-Out.
- Collaborate with architecture, design, implementation, modelling, performance analysis, silicon validation, FPGA and board development teams.
- Mentor and support subsystem/work-package verification leads.
Requirements
Must-have skills and experience:
- Proven experience leading verification teams for complex SoCs.
- Experience coordinating verification plans, schedules and sign-off criteria with PM, design, DFT and implementation through Tape-Out.
- Experience with embedded C/C++ based SoC verification environments.
- Knowledge of assembly language (preferably ARM) and hardware verification languages such as SystemVerilog.
- Scripting proficiency (Tcl, Perl, Python or similar).
- Experience with GLS, DFT/DFD and power-aware verification techniques.
Nice-to-have:
- Familiarity with Arm system architecture fundamentals.
- Experience with embedded operating systems, device drivers and embedded hardware architectures.
- Verification experience for PCIe, LPDDR, HBM, UCIe, Ethernet or deployment on emulation platforms.
Education Requirements
Not specified.
About the Company
Company: Arm
Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom
ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.
