Principal Functional Verification Engineer

The Role:

As a Functional Verification Principal Engineer, you will be interfacing with architecture, de-sign, physical implementation and software teams in order to make sure that the systems are performing to the highest level. Your work will involve high-level modelling, UVM, HW/SW Co-Debug, Simulation Acceleration support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reading and analysing the system requirements and architecture requirement documents.
• Developing detailed Test and Coverage plans based on the Architecture and Micro-architec-ture.
• Developing Verification Methodology, ensuring scalability and portability across environ-ments.
• Developing Verification environment development and maintenance in SystemVeri-log/UVM/SystemC/C++, including all the respective components such as Stimulus, Checkers, Assertions, Trackers, and Coverage.
• Executing Verification Plans, including Design Bring-up, DV environment Bring-up, Regres-sions and Debug of the test failures.
• Using the standard tools and flows of the verification process (Simulators, Coverage Analyz-ers, Unix, Continuous Integration, Bug Tracking, …).
• Create and execute testcases to verify the functionality, performance, and robustness in em-bedded C and SV.
• Identify, isolate, and debug issues found during verification, leveraging simulation and debug-ging tools to root-cause failures and drive resolution with design and architecture teams.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to achieve verification closure, conducting coverage analysis, bug tracking, and regression testing to ensure the quality and completeness of verifi-cation activities.
• Organize work and deliverables between skills, internal and external teams.
• Mentoring and training the next generation of verification engineers.
• Coordinating functional verification teams.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Master Degree in relevant field.
• Min 15 years of experience in relevant field of Verification of complex SoC or IP
• Experience in

o SystemVerilog/UVM

o SystemC/C++

• Experience in Constrained random, Functional Coverage development, design debug.
• Experience in Formal Verification, UPF.
• Experience in HW-SW co-verification and simulation.
• Some previous experience in Firmware based verification is a good to have.
• Some knowledge of scripting languages like Bash/Perl/Python.
• Use of verification management tools.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to effectively analyze and resolve complex verification issues.
• Good level of English, both written and spoken is mandatory.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Firmware-based verification.
• Knowledge in metrics-driven verification.
• Insights of NOC and other IPs or standard peripherals like PCIe, DDR, HBM …

Soft skills:

• Team player, able to work with multiple cultures both on site and remotely.
• Autonomous and flexible is mandatory.
• Strong Leadership and Communication abilities.

What do we offer?

• Join an innovative team and experience company growth.
• We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers.
• Enjoy a hybrid work environment.
• We also offer flexible schedule.
• We offer a remuneration that values your experience.
• The position will have the base in Rome.

We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world.

If you feel identified with Openchip, please contact us. We can offer a competitive compensation package in a flexible work schema that will help you to keep a balance between your personal and professional life.

At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L., we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential – regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.