Senior Staff Engineer - Design Verification

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff - Design Verification Engineer to lead the design verification of next-generation high-speed interconnect IPs and SoCs. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, UCIe protocols, and advanced SystemVerilog, UVM methodologies, C and SV skills, driving verification strategy, execution, and innovation across complex projects.

What You’ll Do

• Verification Strategy: Define and implement scalable verification plans for PCIe, CXL, and Ethernet subsystems.
• UVM Testbench Development: Architect layered UVM agents, environments, and reusable components for protocol verification.
• Protocol Expertise: Apply in-depth knowledge of PCIe Gen5/Gen6, CXL 3.x, and Ethernet (200G/400G), UCIe PHY and Adaptor layer standards to ensure compliance and robustness.
• Coverage & Metrics: Drive functional coverage closure, assertion-based verification, and metric-driven sign-off.
• Debug & Analysis: Lead root-cause analysis of complex issues across simulation, emulation, and silicon bring-up.
• Collaboration: Partner with design, architecture, and validation teams to deliver high-quality IP and SoC verification.
• Mentorship: Guide junior engineers, fostering best practices in verification methodology and protocol expertise.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 12+ years of experience in Design Verification, with strong exposure to complex SoC/IP verification
• Proven experience in defining and deploying verification architectures for high-speed protocols
• Strong expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, coverage-driven verification, and SVA
• Deep hands-on experience with PCIe Gen5/Gen6, CXL 3.x, Ethernet 200G/400G or similar protocols
• Experience with UCIe PHY/Adapter layer verification is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, high-speed interfaces, and IP integration
• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, technical leadership, and mentoring skills

Good to Have

• Experience with AI/ML applications in verification workflows
• Exposure to emulation, prototyping, or hybrid verification platforms
• Familiarity with performance verification and power-aware verification
• Knowledge of industry-standard protocols (e.g., PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, CXL, UCIe)
• Experience building verification frameworks reused across multiple tape-outs