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Responsibilities
- *SOC verification Manager/Lead** **Job Summary**
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated **Verification experts** to lead verification activities for complex SoC designs. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in **SoC\-level verification**, **power management verification**, **low\-power verification methodologies**, and **SoC verification architecture development**. This role involves defining verification strategies, architecting scalable verification environments, driving functional and power\-aware verification closure, and mentoring verification teams across multiple projects.**Key Responsibilities*** Define and drive the overall **SoC verification strategy** for complex multi\-billion transistor SoCs.
- Architect and develop scalable, reusable, and robust **SoC verification environments** using industry\-standard methodologies.
- Lead end\-to\-end verification planning, execution, coverage closure, and sign\-off activities.
- Drive **power management verification**, including validation of power state transitions, power controllers, reset sequencing, clock management, and power domain interactions.
- Lead **low\-power verification** using UPF/CPF methodologies and ensure compliance with low\-power design intent.
- Develop and review verification architectures, test plans, assertions, checkers, scoreboards, and coverage models.
- Collaborate closely with architecture, RTL design, firmware, emulation, validation, and physical design teams.
- Drive debug and root\-cause analysis of complex SoC\-level issues.
- Establish verification best practices, automation frameworks, and verification metrics.
- Support verification across simulation, emulation, FPGA prototyping, and post\-silicon validation environments.
- Mentor and technically lead a team of verification engineers.
- Participate in design reviews and contribute to architecture discussions from a verification perspective.
- *Required Skills \& Qualifications****Technical Expertise*** 12–20 years of experience in VLSI Design Verification with a strong focus on SoC verification.
- Proven experience in:
- + SoC\-Level Verification
+ SoC Verification Architecture
+ Power Management Verification
+ Low\-Power Verification
+ Functional Verification and Coverage Closure
- Strong understanding of SoC architectures involving CPUs, interconnects, memory subsystems, peripherals, and accelerators.
- Expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM\-based verification methodologies.
- Hands\-on experience with assertion\-based verification (SVA).
- Strong experience with UPF/CPF and power\-aware simulation flows.
- Deep understanding of:
- + Power domains
+ Retention strategies
+ Isolation techniques
+ Level shifters
+ Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS)
+ Power state management
- Experience with verification planning, coverage analysis, and regression management.
- Strong debugging skills in complex SoC environments.
- *Preferred Skills*** Experience with emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms.
- Exposure to firmware\-assisted verification and hardware/software co\-verification.
- Experience in AI/ML, networking, automotive, mobile, data center, or high\-performance computing SoCs.
- Knowledge of formal verification techniques.
- Scripting proficiency in Python, Perl, or Shell.
- *Leadership Expectations*** Provide technical leadership for large verification programs.
- Drive verification methodology improvements and standardization.
- Mentor and develop junior and senior verification engineers.
- Influence architecture and design decisions through verification insights.
- Collaborate with global cross\-functional teams to ensure successful project execution.
- *Education*** Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
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Qualifications
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