SystemVerilog/UVM testbench and HDL repository audit

Job Title

SystemVerilog/UVM testbench and HDL repository audit

Role Summary

Paid freelance consulting engagement to audit HDL repositories and verification assets. The consultant will evaluate repository structure, testbench quality, simulation/regression workflows, documentation, and risks, and deliver an actionable audit template/checklist and recommendations for reproducibility and handoff.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Suitable for experienced RTL/DV engineers; no explicit years of experience requested.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities and expected deliverables:

• Review HDL repository structure (SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL) and Git history practices.
• Assess testbench organization, UVM or cocotb environments, assertions, and formal properties.
• Inspect simulation/regression scripts, Makefiles, CI setup, coverage artifacts, and waveform/debug workflows.
• Create an inventory format listing modules, interfaces, tests, scripts, dependencies, and toolchains.
• Evaluate documentation: README, architecture notes, block specs, register maps, interface descriptions, setup instructions, and expected outputs.
• Identify provenance, third-party dependency, and ownership/risk areas.
• Recommend packaging and reproducibility steps so another engineer can reproduce simulations and understand design intent.
• Deliver an initial milestone: short consulting session plus a written audit template/checklist for HDL repositories and verification assets.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Proven experience maintaining or auditing serious Git/GitHub/GitLab HDL repositories with documented RTL and testbenches.
• Strong knowledge of SystemVerilog and UVM; experience with Verilog or VHDL acceptable.
• Hands-on experience with simulation and regression workflows and CI for verification.
• Familiarity with assertions and formal verification concepts and how they are integrated into verification environments.
• Practical ability to produce an audit/checklist and clear documentation for handoff and reproducibility.
• Ability to handle client confidential material and discuss only authorized work.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with cocotb, Verilator, Icarus, ModelSim/Questa, Vivado, Quartus, SymbiYosys, or other formal/simulation tools.
• History of regression history tracking, coverage analysis, waveform archiving, and toolchain/version management.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

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