Principal Verification Lead Engineer

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Role Overview:
The Lead DV Engineer focuses on the execution and technical management of verification projects. You will lead a focused team to ensure comprehensive test coverage and closure for specific CPU cores or processor blocks.

• Technical Execution:
  Developing and executing detailed verification plans (vPlans) using Cadence vManager.

• Environment Development:
  Develop UVM scoreboards, monitors, and complex functional coverage models for multi-protocol or processor-specific interfaces.

• Debug & Triage:
  Lead the debug of complex RTL failures and coordinate with design engineers to resolve microarchitectural bugs.

• Regression Management:
  Manage automated regression environments (e.g., Jenkins) and ensure targets for code and functional coverage are met.

• Project Tracking:
  Responsible for technical alignment, project planning, and progress tracking for the verification lifecycle.

• B.S/M.S in EEE with 6+ years of hands‑on experience in VLSI design verification.

• Strong command of System Verilog Assertions (SVA), constraint randomization, and UVM.

• Experience with processor integration (e.g., RISC‑V or ARM) and industry‑standard protocols like AMBA/PCIe.

• Expertise in scripting (Perl, Python, or Tcl) for verification flow automation.

• We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.

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