Senior Design Verification Engineer/Lead - UVM/AMBA Protocols

Senior Design Verification Engineer / LeadExperience : 9 - 14 YearsLocation : Bangalore / Kochi / Chennai / PuneJob Type : Full-timeAbout the Role : We are seeking an experienced Senior Design Verification Engineer / Lead to drive verification activities for complex IP/SoC projects. The role requires strong hands-on expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, AMBA protocols, ARM CPU verification, and verification environment architecture, along with the ability to independently own verification deliverables.Key Responsibilities : - Own verification strategy and execution for complex IP, subsystem, or SoC-level projects.- Architect, develop, and enhance scalable SystemVerilog/UVM verification environments.- Define verification plans, test strategies, coverage goals, and regression methodologies.- Develop reusable verification components including monitors, drivers, scoreboards, checkers, sequences, and assertions.- Drive constrained-random verification, functional coverage, code coverage, and coverage closure.- Lead verification of AMBA protocols and ARM CPU-based systems.- Work on PCI Express and/or Ethernet protocol verification as required.- Analyze complex failures and lead root-cause debugging across RTL, testbench, and system-level environments.- Collaborate closely with RTL designers, architects, firmware, validation, and system teams.- Identify verification gaps and introduce automation and process improvements.- Develop automation frameworks and utilities using Python, Perl, Shell, and Makefile.- Review verification code, test plans, coverage reports, and debug methodologies.- Mentor junior and mid-level verification engineers.- Track project progress, risks, bugs, coverage, and verification sign-off criteria.Required Skills : - 9 - 14 years of hands-on experience in Design Verification.- Strong expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM.- Proven experience architecting and implementing functional verification environments.- Strong knowledge of AMBA protocols and ARM CPU architecture.- Experience with PCIe and/or Ethernet protocols is highly desirable.- Strong understanding of constrained-random verification, assertions, functional coverage, and coverage closure.- Excellent debugging and root-cause analysis capabilities.- Strong Unix/Linux experience.- Experience with configuration management, bug tracking, regression, and verification dashboarding tools.- Strong scripting/automation skills using Python, Perl, Shell, and/or Makefile.- Ability to independently drive verification milestones and deliverables.Preferred Skills : - Experience in complex SoC, CPU, subsystem, or high-speed interface verification.- Experience defining verification architecture and methodology for new projects.- Exposure to formal verification or other advanced verification methodologies.- Strong code review and mentoring experience.- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills (ref:hirist.tech)