Principal Engineer SoC Design Verification

Introduction

The Principal SoC Verification Lead provides technical leadership for verification of complex Smart Analog & Sensor SoCs. The role is responsible for verification strategy, methodology, planning, execution, and signoff across subsystem and full-chip environments.
This individual will drive verification quality across processor, accelerator, memory, connectivity, and sensor subsystems while ensuring comprehensive coverage and first-silicon success.

Key Responsibilities

As a Verification Lead, you will own or participate in the following:

Development of chip-level and subsystem-level verification strategies

Definition of test plans, coverage plans and verification methodologies including UVM

Leadership of verification engineers across internal and external resources

Lead verification of interfaces, bus interconnects, DMA engines, memory architectures, security and safety functions, data processing pipelines, peripherals and application use cases

Coordinate subsystem and SoC-level verification activities.

Development of scalable verification infrastructure and automation

Collaboration with architects and designers throughout the development cycle

Cross-functional coordination with physical design, emulation and other related engineering teams

Ownership of verification closure and signoff readiness

Key Responsibilities

Verification Strategy

Define verification architecture for complex SoCs.

Develop verification plans aligned with architecture and product requirements.

Establish signoff criteria and coverage closure methodology.

Environment Development

Lead development of UVM-based verification environments.

Define reusable verification components and infrastructure.

Drive scalable verification frameworks across multiple SoC programs.

SoC Verification Leadership

Lead verification of:

CPU subsystems

Interconnects

DMA engines

Memory architectures

Security and safety functions

Sensor data processing pipelines

Coordinate subsystem and SoC-level verification activities.

Coverage & Metrics

Drive closure of:

Functional coverage

Code coverage

Assertions

Safety requirements coverage

Define verification KPIs and dashboards.

Technical Leadership

Mentor senior verification engineers.

Lead reviews and verification signoff decisions.

Drive adoption of advanced verification methodologies.

Required Qualifications:

Minimum BS and 15+ years of relevant industry experience

Extensive experience in UVM-based verification

Experience verifying complex SoCs

Experience building reusable verification environments

Experience defining and tracking coverage metrics

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with emulation and prototyping

Experience with safety and security verification

Experience with performance verification

Experience leading globally distributed teams

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