SoC Verification Engineer – Embedded, SystemVerilog & UVM

ARM; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm Cambridge is seeking a creative SoC Verification Engineer to validate complex SoCs, ensuring correct interaction between CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, memory controllers and interconnects. You will verify systems across hardware and software boundaries to deliver high‑quality silicon for Arm's partners.

You will develop test plans and verification methodologies, implement testbenches, explore UVM-based flows, and collaborate with arch, design, performance and validation teams to meet quality milestones.

Qualifications

• Practical experience verifying processor-based systems using embedded C or C++, including requirements collection, test planning, testbench development, test implementation, documentation and support.
• Understanding of assembly language, proficiency in a hardware verification language such as System Verilog, and scripting skills in languages such as Tcl, Perl or Python.
• Experience with UVM and at least one of formal verification, low-power verification or emulation.
• Ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans and verification methodologies for SoC-level designs.
• Complete functional verification to agreed quality standards and schedules, monitoring progress and quality.
• Work with project leads and management on planning, scheduling and quality checkpoints.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, implementation, modelling, performance analysis, silicon validation, FPGA and board development teams.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Test planning

Testbench development

Documentation

Support

SystemVerilog

UVM

Formal verification

Python

Tcl

Perl

Communication

Tools

SystemVerilog

UVM

Python

Tcl

Perl

Job description

Arm Cambridge is seeking a creative SoC Verification Engineer to validate complex SoCs, ensuring correct interaction between CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, memory controllers and interconnects. You will verify systems across hardware and software boundaries to deliver high‑quality silicon for Arm's partners.

You will develop test plans and verification methodologies, implement testbenches, explore UVM-based flows, and collaborate with arch, design, performance and validation teams to meet quality milestones.