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Design Verification Engineer – AI Hardware Team
A US-based start-up has recently expanded into the UK, building a cutting-edge hardware team comprising ASIC Designers, Verification Engineers, and Architects. With a proven and successful leadership team, this company offers a unique opportunity to be part of the AI revolution from the ground up.
As AI and computing rapidly evolve, there is increasing demand for sophisticated platforms integrating CPUs, GPUs, and neural accelerators—and this is where you come in!
You will join a Fabric IP company as a Design Verification Engineer, contributing your expertise in developing testbenches and writing test sequences for complex IPs. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping the company’s technology portfolio, bringing technical expertise and creative problem-solving to innovative hardware solutions.
Responsibilities
- Create test plans for highly configurable IPs providing interconnectivity across SoCs, chiplets, or multi-chiplet systems
- Write UVM/SystemVerilog code to implement test plans, checkers, and scoreboards
- Collaborate with software teams to define and implement configurable testbenches
- Work with design teams on test plans, failure debugging, coverage, and verification methodologies
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Qualifications & Preferred Skills
Qualified candidates should meet or exceed the following:
- BS, MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in block-level/IP-level/SoC-level verification
- Proficiency in Verilog and SystemVerilog
- Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools for simulation and debug
- Deep experience with UVM-based testbenches (mandatory)
- Experience with modern programming languages like Python
- Knowledge of Arm AMBA protocols such as AXI, APB, and AHB
- Understanding of Arm CHI protocol (a plus)
- Experience with IPs for caches, cache coherency, memory subsystems, interconnects, and NoCs (a plus)
- Experience with formal verification techniques or emulation platforms (a plus)
- Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and scalable thinking
- Strong communication and collaboration skills for cross-team engagement
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Benefits & Offer
The role comes with:
- Competitive base salary of up to £120,000 (dependent on experience)
- Share options
- Performance-based bonus scheme
This is a rare opportunity to join the company as one of the first engineers in the UK—alongside a select few globally—to help shape and build a world-class hardware team from the ground up.
Eligibility: You must currently live and work in the UK and be willing to work onsite in Bristol or Cambridge.
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