Senior Design Verification Engineer
9 days ago
Cambridge
An exciting opportunity has just opened for a Senior / Lead Verification Engineer to join a cutting-edge team in Cambridge, UK, driving innovation in next-gen semiconductor projects Our client is expanding their DV team at a key growth stage, offering a rare opportunity to join early and genuinely shape verification methodology, standards, and technical direction as the team scales. Position OverviewThe work is focused on production-grade open-source silicon, including the Ibex RISC-V CPU and OpenTitan security platform, developed in collaboration with world-leading partners such as Google. This is real silicon used as a foundation for secure and scalable compute systems. Key Responsibilities • Design, implement, and debug block/system-level tests and testbenches using SystemVerilog and UVM, • Develop test and coverage plans for new and updated designs, • Triage and debug nightly regressions, • Review contributions to open-source projects, • Enhance test and CI infrastructure, • Collaborate on academic/industry publications, • Stay current with verification best practices and introduce improvements Candidate Requirements Essential: • 5+ years industry experience in design verification, • Strong SystemVerilog and UVM expertise, • Experience across the full verification cycle (planning to tape-out), • Able to provide estimates and coordinate with project managers, • Comfortable in multidisciplinary, multi-organisation teams, • Familiar with Git and code review tools (GitHub, GitLab, Gerrit), • Programming in C and/or Python for tests and automation, • Undergraduate degree in a technical discipline or equivalent Desirable: • Experience with multiple hardware block types, • Knowledge of security countermeasures (fault injection, side-channel attacks), • Experience with RISC-V ISA or other instruction sets, • Familiarity with formal verification tools (e.g., JasperGold) Benefits • 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays, • Employer pension contribution, • Private medical insurance, income protection, critical illness and life cover, • Opportunities to attend industry conferences and training