Job title : Senior ASIC Verification Engineer
Location : Netherlands
Contract : Permanent
About the client
Our client is a premier chip and silicon IP provider, is seeking to hire an exceptional Senior ASIC Verification Engineer to join our Security team in Rotterdam. Candidates will be joining some of the brightest inventors and engineers in the world to develop products that make data faster and safer.
As a Senior ASIC Verification Engineer, the candidate will be reporting to SPE Verification Engineering and is a Full Time position. This engineer will participate in the verification of secure ASIC cores developers, working with cross functional teams including ASIC design engineers and architects, other verification engineers and system test engineers, security experts, and cryptographers. Cryptography and hardware security experience is not required, but an ability to, and interest in, learning about these areas is important.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with our architecture and design teams in specification and customer requirement reviews
- Design and implement verification test plans, testbenches, infrastructure, and platforms to produce thoroughly
verified and robust products
Implement best verification practices and improve on the existing methodologies and flowsTackle sophisticated problems and develop scalable solutions that work across platformsAssist with all hardware project phases – bring-up, testing, debug, coverage analysis, and trackingQualifications
BS or MS degree in electrical or computer engineering or closely related degree strongly preferred; butsubstantial, relevant, outstanding work experience may substitute in some cases
Six or more years of experience working as a verification engineer or related fieldStrong written and verbal communication skills : ability to explain complex concepts in front of technicalaudience
Strong desire to take ownership of all verification aspects of a projectExposure to block-level and / or system-level verificationHigh technical competence that includes a track record of effective verification of complex digital designsSolid understanding of standard ASIC verification techniques, including :o Test planning
o Testbench creation
o Code and functional coverage
o Directed and SystemVerilog-based constrained random stimulus generation
o Self-checking – scoreboards, predictors, or reference models
o Assertions
Solid understanding of verification methodologies (UVM or OVM) and standard testbench languagesComfortable with Unix development environments (make, scripting, SVN, etc.)Ability to support testbench lint / rule checking, profiling and automation using perl or python scriptingFamiliarity with advanced verification techniques such as object-oriented testbenches and formal verificationBeneficial Experience :
Experience developing object-oriented testbench infrastructure in C / C++, OVM, or UVMExperience in creating FPGA bitfiles for FPGA emulation / acceleration purposesFamiliarity with IP integration, IP core delivery, and handoff issuesData, software, and / or network security; cryptographyAbility to work with technical writers in the production of technical documentation