Principal Staff Verification Engineer

Cambridgeshire Source: WhatJobs

up to £120,000 base salary

Overview

In this role you will help build and validate configurable IPs that enable interconnectivity across SoCs, chiplets, or multi-chiplet systems. You will join a fast-growing Fabric IP company with a bold AI ambitions, contributing to a growing hardware team in the UK. You’ll design and execute verification test plans, create UVM testbenches, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure robust IP delivery. You will shape the technology portfolio by tackling verification challenges in complex cache, memory, and interconnect subsystems. This is a ground-floor opportunity to help scale a world-class hardware capability and make a tangible impact in AI platforms.

Pay / Benefits

up to £120,000 base salary
share options
performance-based bonus
onsite work in Bristol or Cambridge

Responsibilities

Create test plans for configurable IPs enabling interconnectivity across SOCs, chiplets, or multi-chiplet systems
Write UVM/SystemVerilog code to implement test plans, checkers, and scoreboards
Collaborate with software teams to define and implement configurable testbenches
Work with design teams on test plans, failure debugging, and coverage tracking

Key requirements

6+ years of hands-on block/IP/SoC-level verification
Proficiency in Verilog and SystemVerilog
Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools for simulation and debugging
Deep experience with UVM-based testbenches
Experience with Python
Knowledge of Arm AMBA protocols (AXI, APB, AHB)
Understanding of Arm CHI protocol is a plus
Experience with IPs for caches, memory subsystems, interconnects, and NoCs is a plus
Experience with formal verification techniques and emulation platforms is a plus
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills