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Senior Design Verification Engineer

MicroTECH Global Ltd
Cambridge Full-time
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An exciting opportunity has just opened for a Senior / Lead Verification Engineer to join a cutting-edge team in Cambridge, UK, driving innovation in next-gen semiconductor projects

Our client is expanding their DV team at a key growth stage, offering a rare opportunity to join early and genuinely shape verification methodology, standards, and technical direction as the team scales.

Position Overview
The work is focused on production-grade open-source silicon, including the Ibex RISC-V CPU and OpenTitan security platform, developed in collaboration with world-leading partners such as Google. This is real silicon used as a foundation for secure and scalable compute systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and debug block/system-level tests and testbenches using SystemVerilog and UVM

  • Develop test and coverage plans for new and updated designs

  • Triage and debug nightly regressions

  • Review contributions to open-source projects

  • Enhance test and CI infrastructure

  • Collaborate on academic/industry publications

  • Stay current with verification best practices and introduce improvements

Candidate Requirements

Essential:

  • 5+ years industry experience in design verification

  • Strong SystemVerilog and UVM expertise

  • Experience across the full verification cycle (planning to tape-out)

  • Able to provide estimates and coordinate with project managers

  • Comfortable in multidisciplinary, multi-organisation teams

  • Familiar with Git and code review tools (GitHub, GitLab, Gerrit)

  • Programming in C and/or Python for tests and automation

  • Undergraduate degree in a technical discipline or equivalent

Desirable:
  • Experience with multiple hardware block types

  • Knowledge of security countermeasures (fault injection, side-channel attacks)

  • Experience with RISC-V ISA or other instruction sets

  • Familiarity with formal verification tools (e.g., JasperGold)

Benefits
  • 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

  • Employer pension contribution

  • Private medical insurance, income protection, critical illness and life cover

  • Opportunities to attend industry conferences and training

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