Staff Engineer - Design Verification

SiFive India Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SiFive India Private Limited is seeking a highly skilled Staff Design Verification Engineer with over 7 years of experience. In this role, you will lead the verification of complex CPU core microarchitecture, ensuring functional correctness and quality at silicon level.

Your responsibilities include verifying CPU components, validating microarchitectural features, and developing comprehensive test plans. A successful background check and proof of your right to work in India are required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in design verification, preferably in CPU core microarchitecture.
• Strong understanding of CPU architecture including ARM, RISC-V, or x86.
• Proficient in developing test plans and coverage models.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end verification of CPU core components.
• Validate microarchitectural features like out-of-order execution and branch prediction.
• Develop test plans from architecture specifications.

Skills

SystemVerilog / UVM

CPU architecture understanding

Debugging skills

Architectural validation

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Design Verification Engineer with 7+ years of experience to lead verification of complex CPU core microarchitecture. The candidate will drive DV strategy, architecture validation, and closure for high-performance processors, ensuring functional correctness, performance, and quality at silicon level.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end verification of CPU core components (Fetch, Decode, Execute, Memory, Pipeline, Cache, MMU)
• Validate microarchitectural features such as out-of-order execution, branch prediction, cache coherency, virtual memory, and paging
• Develop test plans from architecture specifications and ensure full coverage closure
• Lead verification using SystemVerilog / UVM; develop testbenches, constrained-random tests, scoreboards, checkers, coverage models (functional + code)
• Drive regressions and debug complex failures across simulation/emulation platforms
• Architectural and feature validation: work closely with architecture and design teams to understand ISA behavior (e.g., ARM, RISC-V, or x86), validate corner cases, exceptions, interrupts, and perform ISA-level validation and compliance testing

Additional Information

This position requires a successful background and reference check and satisfactory proof of your right to work in India. Any offer of employment is contingent on verification that you are authorized to access export-controlled technology under applicable export control laws, or that the Company can obtain necessary export licenses or approvals.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SiFive is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.