Verification Tech Lead

Job Description: Verification Tech Lead

Position Title: Verification Tech Lead

Location: Bengaluru

Company Overview:

AIsemiCon is known for its innovative solutions that push the boundaries of technology. We are seeking a talented Verification Tech Lead to join our team and help ensure the quality and performance of our nextgeneration products. In this role you will lead a team of verification engineers in the of complex verification strategies for highperformance silicon and systemonchip (SoC) designs.

Position Overview:

The Verification Tech Lead will be responsible for leading and driving the verification strategy and for complex silicon designs including digital analog and mixedsignal components. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and leadership skills to mentor a team of engineers create efficient verification plans and ensure that designs meet the highest standards of quality before tapeout. This position requires a combination of advanced verification knowledge strong technical leadership and a proven track record of successful verification in highcomplexity projects.

As the Verification Tech Lead you will collaborate closely with architecture design and validation teams to ensure the thorough verification of chip functionality performance and reliability. You will also contribute to continuous process improvements utilizing cuttingedge verification tools and methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Verification Leadership and Strategy:

• Lead the development and of comprehensive verification strategies for complex silicon and system designs.
• Define and drive verification methodology and best practices across the team ensuring the adoption of efficient and effective approaches.
• Provide technical leadership to the verification team guiding them through challenging issues and providing solutions to complex verification problems.

2. Team Management and Mentorship:

• Lead mentor and grow a team of verification engineers fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.
• Promote continuous learning and development within the team by sharing knowledge conducting design and verification reviews and providing career development support.
• Establish clear goals and deliverables for the team ensuring successful of verification plans within timelines.

3. Verification Planning and :

• Develop detailed verification plans including testbench architecture coverage metrics and simulation strategies to ensure full functional coverage and performance validation.
• Oversee the of verification tasks tracking progress and addressing any issues or roadblocks in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all verification activities (e.g. functional cornercase regression testing) are executed efficiently and thoroughly.

4. Tool and Methodology Development:

• Drive the selection and implementation of verification tools and frameworks ensuring the team is equipped with the best resources for efficient verification.
• Develop and improve automation scripts reusable verification components and custom methodologies to streamline the verification process and enhance productivity.
• Stay uptodate with the latest verification methodologies (e.g. UVM formal verification emulation) and tools ensuring the team adopts cuttingedge approaches.

5. Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with design architecture and postsilicon teams to define verification requirements and ensure seamless integration of verification and design flows.
• Collaborate with the broader engineering teams to understand product requirements and specifications translating them into actionable verification tasks.
• Communicate verification status progress and issues to senior management and stakeholders.

6. PostSilicon Validation Support:

• Support the postsilicon validation team by helping troubleshoot and resolve any issues identified in the lab.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers during the bringup phase to ensure that verification findings are captured and addressed in realworld testing.

7. Continuous Process Improvement:

• Identify opportunities for process optimization and implement improvements to increase efficiency and reduce verification time.
• Lead efforts to improve the overall quality of the verification process including increasing automation enhancing coverage and reducing debug time.
• Contribute to the creation and refinement of verification methodologies to improve firstpass silicon success.

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or a related field. A Ph.D. is a plus.

Experience:

• 12 years of handson experience in verification with at least 3 years in a leadership or technical lead role.
• Proven experience with complex chip and SoC verification including digital analog and mixedsignal domains.
• Expertise in using industrystandard verification tools such as UVM SystemVerilog VCS NCSim ModelSim or similar tools.
• Extensive experience with verification planning testbench development and coveragedriven verification.
• Strong track record of leading successful verification efforts for complex semiconductor designs ideally for firstpass silicon.
• Experience with formal verification emulation or FPGAbased prototyping is a plus.

Technical Skills:

• Indepth knowledge of verification methodologies (e.g. UVM assertionbased verification random stimulus generation).
• Expertise in SystemVerilog and UVMbased testbenches including custom component creation and transactionlevel modeling.
• Familiarity with mixedsignal verification tools and techniques (e.g. VerilogAMS VHDLAMS).
• Strong understanding of RTL design timing analysis and simulation strategies.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python Perl TCL) for automation and flow integration.
• Knowledge of debugging tools (e.g. waveform viewers debuggers) and ability to efficiently analyze simulation results.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in leading verification for AI machine learning or highperformance computing chips.
• Expertise in formal verification or coveragedriven verification.
• Experience with postsilicon debug and working with lab equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes logic analyzers).
• Familiarity with hardware emulation platforms such as Cadence Palladium or Mentor Veloce.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on cuttingedge semiconductor technologies and innovations.
• Dynamic collaborative and growthoriented work environment.
• Career development opportunities including leadership training and mentorship.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their resume and cover letter to . Please reference the position title Verification Tech Lead in the subject line.