Location: Bangalore, India
Function: Design Verification
Role: Lead Design Engineer – UCIe Controller Verification
We are looking for a highly motivated and technically strong Lead Design Engineer – Verification to join our UCIe verification team in Bangalore.
The candidate will contribute to the verification of complex UCIe Controller IP, working on next-generation chiplet and die-to-die interconnect solutions. The role requires strong hands-on expertise in SystemVerilog/UVM, verification architecture, coverage-driven verification, protocol verification, and debug.
The engineer will work closely with design, architecture, validation, and other cross-functional teams to develop scalable verification environments, validate complex protocol scenarios, drive coverage closure, debug failures, and contribute toward high-quality IP releases.
Required Qualifications
- BE/BTech/ME/MTech/MS in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of relevant Design Verification experience, with strong hands-on ownership of IP or subsystem-level verification.
- Strong expertise in: SystemVerilogUVMConstrained-random verificationFunctional coverageCode coverageAssertions/SVARegression and failure debug
- Experience developing reusable UVM testbench components and verification infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of verification methodology, test planning, coverage closure, and sign-off.
- Experience with industry-standard simulators/debug environments such as Cadence Xcelium or equivalent.
- Ability to analyze complex specifications and translate requirements into effective verification scenarios.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Skills Required
- BE, BTech, ME, MTech, or MS in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
- 5+ years of relevant Design Verification experience
- Hands-on ownership of IP or subsystem-level verification
- Strong expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM
- Experience with constrained-random verification, functional coverage, code coverage, assertions/SVA, regression, and failure debugging
- Experience developing reusable UVM testbench components and verification infrastructure
- Strong understanding of verification methodology, test planning, coverage closure, and sign-off
- Experience with Cadence Xcelium or equivalent industry-standard simulators and debug environments
- Ability to analyze complex specifications and translate requirements into verification scenarios
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
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