Lead Verification Engineer

Cadence Design Systems; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence Design Systems in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Verification Engineer to bridge AI-driven verification with traditional RTL methodologies. You will validate AI-generated verification outputs, debug complex UVM environments, and develop ground-truth benchmarks to ensure accurate AI-assisted verification workflows.

The role emphasizes collaboration with AI/LLM teams, customers, and product groups to improve verification accuracy and productivity while ensuring industry-standard processes are

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, CS or related field.
• 6–10 years in semiconductor verification with strong UVM/SystemVerilog background.
• Experience debugging complex UVM-based verification environments.

Responsibilities

• Validate AI-generated verification artifacts across RTL verification workflows.
• Review and assess generated UVM testbenches, assertions, coverage strategies, and verification flows.
• Investigate and resolve customer-reported verification issues (UVM environments, RTL testbenches, functional coverage, assertions, simulations).
• Develop ground-truth benchmark datasets and golden reference test cases for model evaluation.
• Collaborate with AI/LLM engineers to improve verification relevance and reduce hallucinations.
• Validate interoperability between AI systems and EDA tools; support workflow automation across simulation, coverage, and formal verification.

Skills

SystemVerilog

UVM

RTL Verification

Functional Coverage

Code Coverage

Assertion-Based Verification (SVA)

Constrained Random Methodologies

Python

Shell scripting

TCL scripting

Debug & Analysis

Verification Expertise

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Computer Science

Tools

Cadence Xcelium

Synopsys VCS

Siemens QuestaSim

Cadence JasperGold

Synopsys VC Formal

Job description

## Lead Verification EngineerApply: BANGALORE: Full time: Posted Today: R56064## **At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.****Job Description: AI Design Validation Specialist (Verification / Workflow SME)****Role Overview**We are seeking an experienced **AI EDA Specialist (Verification / Workflow SME)** to bridge the gap between semiconductor verification methodologies and AI-driven automation. This role will serve as the domain expert responsible for validating AI-generated verification artifacts, debugging customer verification challenges, developing ground-truth datasets, and ensuring AI solutions align with industry-standard verification workflows.The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in **SystemVerilog, UVM, simulation, and formal verification** with a passion for enabling next-generation AI-powered engineering solutions.**Key Responsibilities****Verification Workflow Validation*** Validate AI-generated outputs across RTL verification workflows.* Review and assessment generated: + UVM testbenches + Assertions (SVA) + Coverage strategies + Simulation and formal verification flows* Ensure compliance with industry-standard verification methodologies and best practices.**Customer Technical Support & Debugging*** Investigate and resolve customer-reported issues involving: + UVM environments + RTL verification testbenches + Functional coverage + Assertion failures + Simulation regressions* Reproduce, analyze, and document root causes of complex verification problems.* Partner closely with customers, application engineers, and product teams to drive issue resolution.**Ground Truth & Benchmark Development*** Develop and maintain benchmark verification datasets and golden reference test cases.* Establish correctness criteria for evaluating AI-generated verification artifacts.* Build validation suites for model qualification and regression testing.**AI Model Enablement*** Collaborate with AI/LLM engineers to improve accuracy and verification relevance of AI-generated outputs.* Review model responses and provide feedback for fine-tuning and evaluation.* Translate semiconductor verification workflows into structured AI evaluation scenarios.* Help reduce hallucinations and improve technical correctness of AI-assisted verification solutions.**EDA Workflow Integration*** Validate interoperability between AI systems and industry-standard EDA tools.* Support workflow automation across: + Simulation + Regression management + Coverage analysis + Formal verification* Identify opportunities to improve verification productivity through AI-assisted automation.**Required Qualifications****Education*** Bachelor's or Master's degree in: + Electrical Engineering + Computer Engineering + Computer Science + Related technical discipline**Experience*** 6–10 years of experience in semiconductor verification.* Proven experience developing and debugging complex UVM-based verification environments.* Hands-on experience with RTL, IP, subsystem, or SoC verification projects. **Technical Skills****Verification Expertise*** Strong knowledge of: + SystemVerilog + UVM + RTL Verification + Functional Coverage + Code Coverage + Assertion-Based Verification (SVA) + Constrained Random Methodologies**Debug & Analysis*** Expertise debugging: + Simulation failures + Assertion violations + Coverage gaps + Verification regressions + Complex multi-component testbenches**EDA Tools**Experience with one or more of the following:* Cadence Xcelium* Synopsys VCS* Siemens QuestaSim* Cadence JasperGold* Synopsys VC Formal* Verification management and regression platforms**Automation Skills*** Python* Shell scripting* TCL scripting* Workflow automation and test framework development**Preferred Qualifications*** Experience supporting customers or field engineering organizations.* Familiarity with AI, LLMs, or AI-assisted EDA workflows.* Experience developing verification automation frameworks.* Knowledge of agentic AI systems and evaluation methodologies.* Exposure to semiconductor EDA product development or application engineering.**Key Competencies*** Deep semiconductor verification expertise.* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.* Ability to translate AI outputs into technically correct verification solutions.* Excellent communication and customer interaction skills.* Cross-functional collaboration across engineering, AI, product, and customer teams.* Passion for driving innovation through AI-enabled verification technologies.**Success Metrics*** AI-generated verification accuracy against ground-truth benchmarks.* Reduction in customer issue resolution time.* Improvement in workflow validation pass rates.* Reduction in AI-generated verification errors and hallucinations.* Growth of validated benchmark datasets and test suites.* Improved customer productivity and adoption of AI-assisted verification workflows.**Role Impact:** This role serves as the semiconductor verification authority responsible for ensuring AI-generated verification outputs are technically accurate, workflow-compliant, and production-ready for deployment across customer environments.