SoC Design Verification - Lead

SkyeChip Berhad; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Competitive pay

Unlimited career advancement

Job summary

SkyeChip Berhad is seeking an experienced SoC Design Verification Lead to drive verification strategy and execution for complex SoC projects. The role requires strong SystemVerilog and UVM expertise, leadership of verification teams, and collaboration across design, firmware, IP, and system teams in Malaysia.

You will architect verification plans, testbench frameworks, coverage models, and regression strategies, and manage project schedules to meet milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute verification strategies for complex SoCs and subsystems.
• Lead the development of scalable UVM-based verification environments.
• Architect verification plans, testbenches, coverage models, and regression strategies.
• Drive verification closure through functional and code coverage, assertions, and bug convergence tracking.
• Collaborate with design, architecture, firmware, IP, and system teams to ensure verification completeness.
• Review verification architectures, test plans, and critical verification deliverables.

Skills

Technical leadership

Verification strategy

Project planning

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

UVM

SystemVerilog

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced SoC Design Verification Lead to drive the verification strategy and execution for complex System-on-Chip (SoC) projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in advanced verification methodologies, extensive UVM expertise, and hands-on experience verifying industry-standard protocols. The candidate will be responsible for leading verification teams, planning resources, managing project schedules, and ensuring successful project delivery aligned with key milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership
• Define and execute comprehensive verification strategies for complex SoC and subsystem designs.
• Lead the development of scalable and reusable UVM-based verification environments.
• Architect verification plans, testbench frameworks, coverage models, and regression strategies.
• Drive verification closure through functional coverage, code coverage, assertion based verification, and bug convergence tracking.
• Collaborate closely with design, architecture, firmware, IP, and system teams to ensure design quality and verification completeness.
• Review verification architectures, test plans, and critical verification deliverables.
• Lead verification activities involving multiple industry-standard protocols, including:
• LPDDR4/LPDDR5
• HBM3/HBM4
• UART
• I3C
• SPI
• Debug complex protocol interactions across multiple subsystems and interfaces.
• Ensure protocol compliance and interoperability through comprehensive verification methodologies.
• Lead verification teams across one or more projects.
• Develop project plans, verification schedules, and milestone tracking mechanisms.
• Perform resource planning and allocation based on project priorities and deliverables.
• Break down project objectives into actionable tasks and monitor execution progress.
• Conduct regular project reviews and risk assessments to identify and mitigate schedule or technical risks.
• Ensure verification activities are completed according to committed timelines and quality targets.
• Provide status updates to engineering management and stakeholders.

Team Development

• Mentor and guide verification engineers on best practices, UVM methodologies, debugging techniques, and verification planning.
• Drive continuous improvement in verification processes, automation, and productivity.
• Conduct design and verification reviews to promote technical excellence across the team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in digital IC/SoC design verification.
• Strong expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM with proven experience developing advanced UVM environments from scratch.
• Experience leading verification efforts for complex SoC or subsystem projects.
• Deep understanding of verification methodologies, functional coverage, assertions (SVA), and regression management.
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience with simulation, emulation, or FPGA prototype-based verification flows.
• Effective communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with:
• LPDDR4/LPDDR5 memory subsystems
• HBM3/HBM4 memory interfaces
• UART, SPI, and I3C protocols
• Knowledge of SoC integration, memory subsystems, cache coherency, and interconnect architectures.
• Experience with verification automation and scripting (Python, Perl, Tcl, Shell)
• Familiarity with formal verification
• Previous experience managing geographically distributed verification teams.
• Technical leadership
• Verification planning and execution
• Resource and capacity planning
• Schedule and milestone tracking
• Team mentoring and coaching
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking

Success Criteria

• Deliver verification milestones on time with high-quality results.
• Achieve verification closure with measurable coverage goals.
• Effectively manage team resources and project priorities.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical and schedule risks.
• Establish a strong verification culture focused on quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

Consumer Electronics Manufacturing 101-1,000 employees

About SkyeChip

We set our eyes to be a global IC company powered by Malaysian talents, focusing on delivering cutting edge IPs and ASIC solutions to accelerate AI Deep Learning and High-Performance Computing systems.

We are looking for high aiming IC design engineers to join us and seize the golden startup opportunity. We have a high growth market and keen customers waiting for our technology solutions. We value innovation, different perspectives, ideas, and we are committed to help you reach your full potential.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, generous stock options to share the company's success and unlimited career advancement opportunities! With Skyechip, the sky is the limit.

About SkyeChip

We set our eyes to be a global IC company powered by Malaysian talents, focusing on delivering cutting edge IPs and ASIC solutions to accelerate AI Deep Learning and High-Performance Computing systems.

We are looking for high aiming IC design engineers to join us and seize the golden startup opportunity. We have a high growth market and keen customers waiting for our technology solutions. We value innovation, different perspectives, ideas, and we are committed to help you reach your full potential.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, generous stock options to share the company's success and unlimited career advancement opportunities! With Skyechip, the sky is the limit.