Principal Engineer -Verification

Job Description

Microchip is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Verification Engineer to join the Advanced Engineering Services team at our Fab 4 facility in Gresham, Oregon.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of comprehensive verification plans to ensure optimal functionality of our manufactured devices.

Essential Functions

• Develop verification test plans from design specifications.
• Build verification environments for chip/module level designs using SystemVerilog with UVM.
• Develop test cases using transaction based checkers to execute verification test plans.
• Manage and launch regressions using Cadence tools such as Verisium Manager and Xcelium Simulator.
• Interpret simulation results using tools such as Simvision to root cause discrepancies between expected and simulated results in collaboration with the design team.
• Generate and analyze code and functional coverage to ensure adherence to the test plan.
• Promote and apply advanced verification techniques including constrained random generation, functional coverage, assertions, and formal verification.
• Work with CAD team to resolve tool related issues and provide test cases, as required.

Requirements/Qualifications

• MS degree in EE/CE with 5+ years of industry experience or B.S degree in EE/CE with 7+ years of industry experience preferably in ASIC or FPGA environments.
• Proficient in HDL languages SystemVerilog, Verilog and VHDL.
• Apply UVM based verification using coverage driven verification techniques.
• Hands-on experience with assertion-based verification (ABV), including writing and debugging SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA).
• Experience with formal verification and assertion analysis tools such as Fishtail, JasperGold, or similar.
• Familiarity with the Linux compute environment.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to clearly express complex design concepts and simulation results, both verbally and in written form.
• Proactive and able to work independently or as part of a team.
• Experience with using scripting languages (Python, Perl, Tcl) for automation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Object Oriented programming
• Understanding of ASIC designs and verification methodologies
• Domain Expertise : AHB, AXI, PCIe
• Experience with additional simulation tools (e.g., VCS, ModelSim)

Pay Range

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature.