Senior Design Verification Engineer — Hybrid & Equity

Lightmatter; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 203,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Med/De

Retirement Savings Matching Program

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&

Generous Time Off

Paid Family Leave

Short/Long Term Disability

Training & Development

Commuter Benefits

Flexible, hybrid workplace model

Equity grants

Job summary

Lightmatter, a leader in AI data center photonics, is hiring a Design Verification Engineer in a hybrid role in Toronto. You will verify complex digital, analog, and photonic designs using UVM and mixed-signal verification methods.

You’ll collaborate with architecture and DV teams, develop scalable test benches, and drive DV signoff with high coverage. This role offers a hybrid workplace and competitive compensation including equity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of design verification and SystemVerilog experience.
• 2+ years of experience in Python.
• Expertise in developing with the UVM library.
• Experience with simulators such as Xcelium, ModelSim, Questa, or VCS.
• Strong problem solver and collaborator.

Responsibilities

• Define and enhance the DV methodologies for integrated digital, analog, and photonic devices with emphasis on emulation for design verification.
• Create and execute test plans to ensure high-quality tapeouts meeting functional and performance goals, leveraging emulation where appropriate.
• Collaborate with architects, DV engineers, digital designers, and analog/photonics designers to define validation flows.
• Create reusable and scalable test bench components for efficient verification.
• Close coverage and finish all DV signoff requirements with high coverage via mixed-signal simulations.
• Work on block level and full chip design verification.
• Integrate analog design IPs and develop verification environments for simulation and emulation.
• Work with analog and digital engineers to incorporate models/testcases into upper levels.

Skills

UVM

SystemVerilog

Python

Simulators

Problem solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

Xcelium

ModelSim

Questa

VCS

Job description

Lightmatter, a leader in AI data center photonics, is hiring a Design Verification Engineer in a hybrid role in Toronto. You will verify complex digital, analog, and photonic designs using UVM and mixed-signal verification methods.

You’ll collaborate with architecture and DV teams, develop scalable test benches, and drive DV signoff with high coverage. This role offers a hybrid workplace and competitive compensation including equity.