Principal SoC / IP Verification Engineer

arm limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the semiconductor industry is seeking a Principal SoC / IP Verification Engineer in Cambridge. The successful candidate will work on verifying cutting-edge IP products and will be involved in writing test plans, collaborating with various engineering teams, and mentoring junior staff. This role promises a rewarding package including healthcare and benefits.

Benefits

Healthcare and wellness support

Contributory pension

25 days annual leave with an option to buy 5 additional days

Qualifications

• Experience in embedded C/C++ SoC verification environments.
• Knowledge of assembly language (preferably ARM) and verification languages.

Responsibilities

• Writing test plans and verifying complex SoC designs.
• Collaborating across teams for verification and mentor junior members.

Skills

C/C++

SystemVerilog

Python

UVM

Tcl

Perl

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Principal SoC / IP Verification Engineer, Cambridge

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arm limited

Location:

Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

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Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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The Role

Job Description:

Arm’s Systems Development team creates subsystems and SoC designs for various application segments, using the latest IP products from Arm and other vendors. We are looking for creative and enthusiastic SoC Verification Engineers to join the team. For this role you will have knowledge of verifying and testing sophisticated IP such as CPU/GPU/DSP processors with memory controllers and interconnect fabrics. You will ensure all these products work effectively with each other and the software to enable our partners to produce outstanding systems.

Responsibilities:

• Writing test plans, defining test methodologies, completing functional verification to the required quality levels and schedules
• Working with project management and leads on planning tasks, setting schedules, and quality checkpoints. Engineers will also be responsible for the progress of verification activities
• Collaborate with engineers from other teams including architecture, design, implementation, modelling, performance analysis, silicon validation, FPGA and board development
• Principal Engineers are also encouraged to mentor junior members

Required Skills and Experience :

• Worked on embedded C/C++ based SoC verification environments
• Knowledge of assembly language (preferably ARM), and hardware verification languages (SystemVerilog), shell programming/scripting (g. Tcl, Perl, Python etc.)
• Experienced in one or more of various verification methodologies – UVM, formal, low power, emulation
• Exposure to all stages of verification: requirements collection, creation of verification methodology plans, test plans, testbench implementation, test case development, documentation and support
• Practical experience of verifying processor based system designs
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts with different audiences, including technical team members, partners and customers

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

• Understanding of the fundamentals of Arm system architectures
• Power aware and Clock Domain Crossing implementation
• Experience in embedded operating systems, device drivers, microprocessor and embedded system hardware architectures.
• Experience verifying subsystems for PCIe, LPDDR, HBM, UCIe, Ethernet
• Development and deployment of large SoCs on emulation platforms

In Return:

We offer a competitive reward package including healthcare and wellness support. Other benefits include a contributary pension, and 25 days annual leave (with option to buy an additional 5 days per year).