Senior Design Lead

Job Summary

Candidates with 8 to 10 years’ experience is mandatory

Education Degree: Bachelor's or master’s degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical Engineering (EE), VLSI Design, or a closely related field

Good understanding of ASIC/SoC life cycle

Has participated in multiple ASIC/SoC verification till tapeout stage

Full chip TB Architecture definition Experience writing ASIC/SoC testplans

Key Responsibilities

UVM based testbench development:

1.Experience in ASIC/SoC Testbench definition

2.Experience to Build and maintain reusable block-level and sub-system testbenches using SystemVerilog and the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)."

SV functional coverage, Assertions coding

1.Expertise & hands-on experience in OVM/UVM methodologies using SV

2.Experience to Write, execute, and debug constrained-random and directed test cases based on defined test plans.

C based TB development:

1. Experience in developing TB components for SOC with C, SV

Test case development, coding, execution, bug analysis

1. Experience in developing TB components, including functional coverage implementation and assertion coding

2. Experience Set up functional coverage, write system assertions (SVA), and analyze code coverage metrics to identify untested gaps in the design logic.

3.Debug complex simulation failures using waveform viewer tools to isolate design bugs from testbench issues.

4. Experience in SOC C based tests coding & debugging

Skill Requirements

Gate Level Simulation:

Experience in Gate level simulation & netlist debugging

Regressions, coverage analysis

Experience in regression failure analysis

Functional and Code Coverage closure

participate in verification closure

Experience in Perl/Shell scripting

Other Requirements

Core Technical Skills:

Languages: Proficiency in Verilog, SystemVerilog, and core concepts of UVM.

Digital Logic: Strong foundational knowledge in digital logic design, finite state machines (FSM), FIFO architectures, and clocking concepts.

EDA Tools: Familiarity with industry-standard simulation and debugging tools (e.g., Synopsys VCS, Siemens QuestaSim, Cadence Xcelium/Verdi).

Protocols: Deep, authoritative knowledge of high-speed protocols (e.g., SPI, I2C,PCIe, NVMe, Ethernet, USB) or complex bus architectures (e.g., AMBA AXI/CHI/ACE)."

Scripting: Basic comfort working in a Linux environment and using scripting languages like Python, Tcl, or Perl for automation.