Soc/ip Design Verification Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Bangalore, India

Seeking a hands-on SoC Design Verification Engineer to own the verification lifecycle for complex SoC/IP blocks, including planning, UVM testbench development, test content creation, coverage closure, and debug. The role involves close collaboration with design, architecture, and firmware teams to deliver high-quality silicon.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the verification lifecycle for one or more IPs/subsystems/SoC top-level features: requirements decomposition, test plan definition, coverage strategy, execution, and signoff.
  2. Architect and implement UVM environments (agents, drivers, monitors, sequencers, scoreboards, reference models), with scalable, reusable components.
  3. Develop test content: constrained-random sequences, scenario tests, stimulus libraries, checkers, and assertions.
  4. Debug failures quickly and methodically across simulation and emulation (waveforms, logs, assertions, checkers, reference model mismatches).
  5. Drive coverage closure (functional and code coverage): define, measure, analyze holes, and implement closure strategies.

Skills

Required

  • BS/MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
  • 5+ years of SoC/IP design verification experience
  • Strong UVM/SystemVerilog development expertise (testbenches, agents, scoreboards, virtual sequences, factory/objection/callback mechanisms)
  • Test planning experience: translating architectural/RTL specs into measurable, coverage-driven verification plans
  • Proven debug skills in simulation/emulation (e.g., Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa; waveform tools like Verdi/DVE/SimVision)
  • Coverage-driven verification: functional coverage modeling, code coverage analysis, coverage closure workflows
  • Scripting proficiency (Python, Perl, Shell, Make/CMake) for automation, regressions, and data analysis
  • Excellent communication and collaboration; ability to deliver in fast-paced, multi-site environments

Nice to have

  • SoC-level verification experience: fabric/interconnect, security
  • Experience with standard protocols: AXI/ACE/CHI, PCIe, LP/DDR, USB, MIPI, I3C, SPI/I2C, Ethernet; integrating and customizing VIP
  • Assertion-based verification (SVA) and formal (JasperGold/VC Formal/PropCheck) for property checking and bug hunting
  • Power-aware verification (UPF/CPF), isolation/retention, multi-voltage domains
  • Emulation/FPGA prototyping (Palladium, Zebu, Veloce), transaction-level acceleration, hybrid verification
  • Performance/latency/throughput test content and checkers; scoreboard/reference model design for complex data paths
  • Exposure to C/C++/SystemC reference models or firmware-aware verification
  • Experience leading small teams, mentoring, or driving signoff for a tapeout

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of SoC/IP design verification experience
  • Strong UVM/SystemVerilog development expertise
  • Test planning experience
  • Proven debug skills
  • Coverage-driven verification