Senior ASIC Verification Specialist

BTA Design Services Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Benefits plan

Work-life balance support

Job summary

A leading design services company in Ottawa is looking for a Senior ASIC Verification Specialist with 7+ years of experience in ASIC verification. You will develop verification environments using SystemVerilog and UVM for complex networking or GPU/AI SoCs. The role offers a competitive salary ranging from $120,000 to $170,000, plus bonuses and benefits. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in Verilog, team collaboration, and a passion for technical challenges in advanced technology environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in ASIC verification.
• Highly skilled in Verilog, SystemVerilog, and scripting languages.
• Significant experience with UVM / OVM methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Perform design verification of large ASICs integrating custom accelerators.
• Develop verification environment architecture using UVM.
• Document test environment associations and write test cases.

Skills

Verilog

SystemVerilog

UVM

Scripting languages

ARM architecture

MIPS architecture

RISC-V architecture

Constrained random verification techniques

Functional coverage

Interpersonal skills

Job description

About Us

Headquartered in Ottawa, BTA Design serves the electronic design community in Canada and beyond, specializing in ASIC and FPGA design and verification, and embedded software development services. We augment and enhance our clients’ teams and accelerate the development of complete designs.

We’re adaptable and efficient, with a brilliant staff at our core. We aim to be the best at what we do.

Our success continues to fuel growth. We are currently searching globally for a number of key technical resources, including a Senior ASIC Verification Specialist.

About the Position

In this role you will use SystemVerilog and UVM, working from spec coverage-closed verified and debugged designs, developing environments and leveraging 3rd party VIP as appropriate. You will verify blocks or sub-systems or top level within large and very complex networking or GPU/AI SoCs in advanced technology nodes down to 3nm FinFET. You will work within a strong and very experienced team and on world class ASIC environments with BTA’s clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform design verification of large ASICs that integrate custom, high speed computational accelerators with 3rd-party SoC IP blocks
• Develop verification environment architecture using UVM
• Document test environment associations and write test cases
• Support lab bring-up with direct test cases
• Perform code and functional coverage

Key Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in ASIC verification
• Highly skilled in Verilog, SystemVerilog, other hardware description languages, and scripting languages
• Significant experience with UVM / OVM methodologies
• Experience with ARM / MIPS / RISC-V architecture
• Familiarity with constrained random verification techniques, assertions and functional coverage
• Experience with Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture is an asset
• Experience with APB / AXI and processor peripheral interfaces is an asset
• Team player – excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Compensation

$120,000 to $170,000 plus company bonus and benefits plan. Salary is heavily dependent on individual experience and capability.

This is a new position. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Artificial Intelligence tools are not used in the evaluation and selection of candidates.

Why Work Here?

We offer interesting work in challenging, stimulating technical environments with companies that lead the world in technology and innovation.

We recognize that our strength is in the individuals who join our team, so at BTA Design Services, we foster an environment where everyone is appreciated, trusted and engaged. We recognize that work-life balance is important and we strive to provide our employees with challenging roles that also allow them to enjoy family, friends and life outside of work.