Staff Validation/Verification Engineer

Job Title

Staff Validation/Verification Engineer

Role Summary

The Staff Validation/Verification Engineer will design, develop, and execute verification strategies and environments to validate complex ASIC/SoC designs. The role sits on the engineering/validation team and focuses on ensuring product correctness, quality, and performance before tape-out or release.

Work involves creating testbenches, developing verification plans, debugging failures, and collaborating with design and firmware teams to close verification gaps.

Experience Level

Senior (Staff-level). Years of experience not specified in source.

Responsibilities

Typical responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain verification environments and testbenches for ASIC/SoC features.
• Create verification plans, define coverage goals, and implement directed and constrained-random tests.
• Debug functional failures in simulation and hardware, isolate root causes, and drive fixes with design teams.
• Automate verification flows and regression runs; analyze results and report status to stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to process and methodology improvements.

Requirements

Core requirements and desirable skills.

• Must-have: Proven experience in digital verification for ASIC/SoC projects; strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Must-have: Hands-on experience with verification methodologies and tools (e.g., SystemVerilog, UVM, simulation & debug tools).
• Must-have: Experience developing testbenches, writing tests, and working with coverage metrics.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with emulation/FPGA bring-up, formal verification, or hardware bring-up and validation.
• Nice-to-have: Scripting skills for automation (Python, Perl, TCL, or similar).

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Synopsys

Headquarters: Mountain View, California, USA

Synopsys is a leading company in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP solutions. It provides tools and services for designing and verifying complex semiconductor devices and systems. The company plays a pivotal role in the semiconductor industry, helping engineers innovate and deliver higher-quality products faster. Synopsys is committed to advancing technology standards and offers a range of software and hardware solutions to its clients globally.