UVM Digital Verification Engineer

Job Title

UVM Digital Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Join Draper’s Digital Design Team to develop and execute verification strategies for complex digital and mixed-signal FPGA and ASIC designs. The role focuses on UVM-based verification, coverage-driven testing, formal analysis, and collaboration with RTL designers to close functional and code coverage.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically 3–5 years of industry experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 0–2 years with a master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Responsible for planning and delivering verification for block- and chip-level designs using modern methodologies and tools.

• Develop verification strategies and author/execute verification plans.
• Design and implement UVM agents and UVM testbenches for block and chip levels.
• Instantiate and integrate VIP for industry-standard buses; verify bus protocols (e.g., DDR3/DDR4, AMBA AXI).
• Create constrained-random tests, implement covergroups, and drive coverage closure to target coverage goals.
• Apply formal analysis tools to supplement simulation-based verification.
• Debug RTL/simulation issues and collaborate with RTL designers to resolve them.
• Perform code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to verification best practices.
• Automate flows and regression using scripting and work in a Linux environment.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and conditions for the role.

• Fluent in SystemVerilog, including SVA; recent practical experience with UVM/UVMF.
• Experience with at least one major simulator (Questa, Xcelium, VCS or equivalent).
• Practical experience with constrained-random testing, coverage-driven verification, and coverage closure processes.
• Experience with formal verification tools and methodologies.
• Familiarity with common bus standards (examples: DDR3/DDR4, AMBA AXI) and VIP integration.
• Scripting skills (Python, Perl, Bash, or similar) and ability to work in Linux-based flows.
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills; ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
• Nice-to-have: prior work on embedded security, cryptography, signal/image processing, navigation, or communications projects.

Education Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field. A master’s degree is preferred. Relevant fields cited include Integrated Circuits, ASIC Hardware Engineering, or related technical engineering disciplines.

About the Company

Company: Draper

Headquarters: Cambridge, MA, United States

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With over 2,000 employees, Draper develops advanced technologies in defense, space, biomedical engineering, and other national-security and commercial domains through multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists.