Job Description
Principal Verification Engineer role in Cork, Ireland, responsible for developing and leading verification environments for complex protocols and driving adoption of formal methodologies.
Cadence is a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP) solutions. The company's Silicon Solutions Group (SSG) develops and delivers industry-leading IP solutions for various high-tech markets.
The Principal Digital Verification Engineer will be part of an experienced controller IP team and will be responsible for:
- Architecture of verification environments for existing complex protocols IP such as CXL, CXS, PCIe and the cutting edge of the latest UCIe technologies.
- Lead development of Formal First methodologies and drive adoption/implementation using industry leading tools such as Jasper Gold.
- Development of System Verilog assertions, assumptions and covers for use in Formal and Simulation Environments.
- Experience creating Formal properties from Protocol specifications.
- Closely collaborate with Design Engineers to debug complex test scenarios.
- Development of UVM-SV Scoreboards for self-checking regressions.
- Development of Functional Coverage as part of Metric Driven Verification Environments.
- Definition and Management of Verification Plans (v Plans) using Cadence v Manager tools.
- Creation and Management of Automated Regression Environments, e.g. Jenkins.
- Participation in Technical Review Meetings and Checklist Reviews as part of ISO-9001.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Microelectronics, or a related discipline.
- 10+ years' experience in microelectronics/EDA industry.
- Experience of Verilog RTL Design essential.
- Experience of Metric Driven Verification (MDV) an advantage.
- Experience of Front-end design tools covering LINT, Synthesis, CDC Analysis an advantage.
- Experience of SoC Architecture and Development an advantage.
- Experience of Technical Team leadership an advantage.
Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.