Design Verification Manager

Cirrus Logic has an exciting opportunity for a Design Verification Manager to lead our verification team in Newbury. In this role, you will guide a talented group of engineers through all aspects of digital verification for complete mixed-signal IC developments. You will shape verification strategy, drive execution excellence, and contribute to the evolution of verification methodology across Cirrus Logic. This is a unique opportunity to lead cutting edge projects within a global organisation while developing a high performing team. In return, we offer a great range of benefits including personal and professional development, a uniquely flat culture and much, much more!

Responsibilities:

• Provide coaching, technical and performance development to support engineers at all levels.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance culture aligned with Cirrus Logic Values.
• Lead and mentor a team of verification engineers to deliver ICs verified to some of the highest standards in the industry.
• Work with stakeholders to define verification strategies and plans aligned with business needs.
• Communicate verification status, risks, and mitigation plans clearly to engineering leadership.
• Identify opportunities for improvements in verification and project execution. Work with partners to deliver the improvements.
• Provide hands-on technical support where needed, including debugging, methodology decisions, and architectural discussions.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, or above, in Electronics/Computer Science or other related discipline.
• Proven track record in leading verification teams and delivering verification solutions for complex mixed-signal ICs.
• Strong background in metric driven verification, including planning, requirements extraction, constrained random verification and code coverage analysis
• Expertise in SystemVerilog, SVA and Testbench design with verification frameworks like UVM/OVM, e, VMM
• Debugging skills for both RTL and Testbench problems
• Strong ability to interpret results and resolve problems
• An innovative, creative, lateral thinking problem solver

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Formal verification and verification qualification techniques
• Scripting experience with Python, Ruby, sh/csh, TCL, Make, Perl
• Gate level (including SDF)
• Power aware verification (using CPF/UPF)
• Object orientated programming (OOP) - Use of OOP design patterns