Sr Staff Verification SOC Engineer

Position: SOC Verification Lead, Sr Staff Engineer

At Synopsys, we are at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we are powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation and SoC Design, we want to meet you.

Job Description and Requirements

The role is for SoC Verification in the System Solutions Group (SSG). The role primarily requires development and implementation of System Design Solutions using Synopsys EDA tools and IP to solve customer problems as part of a service project team. 

The Systems Solutions Group (SSG) delivers tool, methodology, architecture, design creation, design verification and physical implementation expertise to enable leading edge customers to complete their most challenging SoC design projects. Our work spans from sub-blocks to full turnkey end-to-end SoCs.  Our customers range from start-ups to industry leaders, commercial companies, and government agencies.  Our customers develop SOCs for high-performance computing, automotive, aerospace & defense, and more.

Responsibilities

• Work with Synopsys customers to understand their needs and define verification scope and activities. 
• Understand the complexity and requirements of verification and propose resource requirements to complete the activities. 
• Lead team of engineers to perform various pre-silicon verification activities on IPs/Subsystems.
• Anticipate problems and risks and work towards a resolution and risk mitigation plan. 
• Assist and mentor the team in day-to-day activities and grow the capabilities of verification team for future assignments. 
• Review various results and reports to provide continuous feedback to the team and improve quality of deliverables. 
• Report status to management and provide suggestions to resolve any issues that may impact execution. 
• Work with peers to improve verification methodology and improve execution efficiency. 
• Collaborate with architects, designers, and pre and post silicon verification teams to accomplish your tasks.
• Adhere to quality standards and good test and verification practices.
• Ramp-up on new Verification tools and methodologies using Synopsys Products to enable customers.
• Work with other Synopsys teams including BU AEs and Sales to develop, broaden and deploy Tool and IP solutions.  

Required

• B.E/B. Tech/M.E/M. Tech in electronics with a minimum of 8+ years’ experience in SoC/IP/Subsystems verification domain.
• Technical expertise in various aspects of pre-silicon Verification (UVM, Coverage Analysis, Verification plan creation, debugging, etc) 
• Good knowledge of various protocols (PCIe, Ethernet, USB, DDR, etc) and/or processor/interconnect/debug architecture. 
• Hand on experience with verification tools such as VCS, waveform analyzer and third party VIP integration (such as Synopsys VIPs) is must.
• Ability to lead a team to perform verification on complex SoC/IP/Subsystems.
• Experience with planning and managing verification activities for SoC/Subsystems/IPs.
• Strong understanding of design concepts, ASIC flows and stakeholders.
• Good communication skills.
• Candidates with experience on ARM based technologies (Coresight Debug, Processor architecture, etc.) will be preferred.

Inclusion and Diversity are important to us. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military veteran status, or disability.