Principal Verification Engineer

Job Description

Summary Established in 2001, EnSilica is a publicly listed company (LON:ENSI), designing industry leading, application specific integrated circuit chips (ASIC), for customers ranging from start-ups to blue chip companies, in industries including: automotive, medical, space and mobile technology companies. With its head office on Milton Park, Oxfordshire, and other offices in Bristol, Sheffield, Brazil (Porto Alegre) and India (Bangalore), EnSilica currently employs more than 160 people. We are looking for a very experienced verification engineer who can not only strengthen the team through their technical expertise but also bring leadership and grow the verification business within EnSilica. You will have a good understanding of different methodologies, but particularly SystemVerilog and UVM. Faced with a new project, you will have the ability to quickly assimilate the verification challenge and help define an effective and pragmatic verification strategy and gain the support of the end-customer for the chosen approach. You will need to understand the importance of monitoring key metrics to assess progress and predict the end-point for the verification process. Responsibilities Verification specialist working on customer and internal projects often as the verification lead. Provide high-class verification support to a wide range of projects using a range of advanced verification techniques including constrained random, coverage driven, assertion-based and formal methods. You would also be responsible for the development of a comprehensive verification strategy and plan, along with the architecting and development of the complete test environment. Active participation in the verification community to drive the introduction of new and effective techniques within our business to help solve the verification challenges faced by our customers. Close working with our customers to build a strong relationship that results in repeat business. Education / Key Skills / Experience BE/ME in Electronics /Computer Science 1 group University. 15+ years experience in industry working on a variety of verification projects. Extensive knowledge of verification methodologies particularly UVM and SystemVerilog. Strong experience in the specification and implementation of verification infrastructures, test benches, models, assertions and functional tests in Verilog and SystemVerilog. Familiarity with constrained random verification methodologies, code coverage analysis and running regression tests. Strong VHDL/Verilog RTL. Very good understanding of modern verification flows and methodologies and able to influence the EnSilica one toward continuous improvement Ideally you will be familiar with both Mentor Questa and Cadence Incisive tool and ideally some exposure to low power verification using UPF based flows A good understanding of functional safety and quality processes, to achieve ISO26262 or similar standards compliances will be considered as a strong plus Personality Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Strong and effective presentation skills, able to operate at multiple levels including senior management. Self-motivated achiever who gains satisfaction from providing excellent customer service and has a can-do attitude. Happy to take ownership of problems and provide suitable solutions. Creative problem solving. Team player. Ability to work in a dynamic environment.