Technical Lead Design Verification Engineer

Astera Labs; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Toronto is seeking a Technical Lead Design Verification Engineer. This role requires leading verification efforts using UVM and C/C++ for complex SoC products. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of experience, strong academic background, and the ability to work independently. The company values diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply, including diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in complex SoC/silicon product development.
• Experience with UVM and C/C++.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead design verification for complex SoC/silicon products.
• Develop and execute test plans and related test-sequences.
• Collaborate with RTL designers to debug failures.

Skills

C/C++ integration in System Verilog environments

Scripting tools (Perl/Python)

Experience with Verification IPs

Developing test-plans and sequences

Analyzing coverage data

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering

Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Technical Lead Design Verification Engineer

Toronto, ON, Canada

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at www.asteralabs.com .

Job Description

We are looking for a Technical Lead Design Verification Engineer with proven experience in all aspects of verification in UVM and C/C++. The candidate must have experience using high level programming languages such as C/C++ to communicate with System Verilog and/or UVM based environments to aid RTL simulation, CoSimulation and Emulation.

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. At minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE is required, and a Maser’s is preferred.
• ≥5 years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications.
• Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, to plan and prepare for customer meetings in advance, and to work with minimal guidance and supervision.
• Entrepreneurial, open-mindbehavior and can-do attitude. Think and act fast with the customer in mind!
• Authorized to work in Canada and startimmediately.

Required Experience

• Experience with integrating C/C++ in System Verilog environments using DPI/PLI
• Ability to use scripting tools (Perl/Python) to automate verification infrastructure.
• Experience in developing infrastructure and tests in a hybrid directed and constrained random environments
• Must be able to work independently to develop test-plans, and related test-sequences in UVM to generate stimuli and work collaboratively with RTL designers to debug failures.
• Develop user-controlled random constraints in transaction-based verification methodology. Experience writing assertions, cover properties and analyzing coverage data
• Must have prior experience using Verification IPs from 3rd party vendors for communication protocols such as PCI-Express (Gen-3 and above), Ethernet,Infiniband, DDR,NVMe, USB, etc.
• Develop VIP abstraction layers to simplify and scale verification deployments

Preferred Experience

• S/W debugging for SoC based designs in the area of kernel/device-drivers/u-boot
• Experience in memory technologies like DDR4/DDR5/HBM.
• Experience with FPGA-based verification/emulation.

We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.