IC Verification Engineer

Broadcom Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Equity awards

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Broadcom Inc. is seeking a senior Verification engineer with extensive ASIC verification experience to join our San Jose team. You will architect and develop scalable testbenches, define test plans, and drive functional coverage for Block/Core/SOC verification.

You will mentor junior engineers, lead verification strategy reviews with design teams, and work across teams to stress complex protocols like PCI Express. Competitive base salary plus bonus and equity offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Electronics or equivalent with ASIC verification background.
• 10+ years in complex verification environments and verification plans.
• Proficient in SystemVerilog and UVM/VMM.
• Experience with PCIe or similar multi-layered protocols.
• Strong debugging and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable testbench environments for ASIC verification.
• Drive test plans and write functional coverage for features.
• Create pseudo-random tests to achieve full functional coverage.
• Debug regression failures and close coverage gaps.
• Lead verification strategy documentation and reviews with design teams.

Skills

SystemVerilog

UVM/VMM

ASIC verification

Debugging

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Equivalent

Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Equivalent

Tools

Makefiles

Python

Perl

Verilog

Job description

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

Welcome! Thank you for your interest in Broadcom! We are a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.

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Job Duties

• Architect and develop scalable and reusable Testbench environment using the framework of Verification Methodologies.
• Drive Test plans for all features for Block/Core/SOC and Write Functional coverage for these features.
• Build pseudo-random tests to verify and get to full Functional coverage and bring the Verification to closure.
• Debug Regression failures, analyze Functional Coverage gaps and improve tests to cover the gaps.
• Work with other members of the team, guide/mentor junior team members.
• Think differently and out-of-the-box to stress the DUT and verify it in an efficient way.
• Lead the documentation of verification strategy including Test plans, Verification Environment, pseudo-random tests, etc.
• Lead reviews with design/architecture.
• Driver Verification quality and Efficiency improvements.

Mandatory Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Equivalent with 12+ years of experience; or Masters degree in Electrical/Electronics/Equivalent with 10+ years of experience
• 10+ years of experience in developing complex Verification Environments, developing Test plans, Functional coverage and pseudo-random testing
• Must have gone through a full ASIC cycle right from Architecture development to Tapeout with full focus on Verification
• Very proficient in System Verilog and Verification Methodologies like UVM/VMM
• Good debug skills in analyzing regression failures and understanding of complex designs
• A good understanding of a complex protocol like PCI Express or other multi-layered protocol
• Work with the team and mentor junior engineers

Additional Requirements

• Experience in PCIe protocol
• Scripting knowledge of Python or Perl
• Comfort with Makefiles
• Experience with Verifying with other protocols like AXI

Compensation

• The annual base salary range for this position is USD 143,800.00 To USD 230,000.00
• As a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth. All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(K) participation including company matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid holidays
• Paid sick leave and vacation time
• Broadcom follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

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