Description
Our client is looking for a Senior Verification Hardware Engineer for a permanent basis in Loughborough.Role: Working in our rapidly expanding Hardware Team, leading the verification of highly complex video processing IP cores.
Reporting Relationship: This position reports to the Head of Hardware Engineering
Job description: Verification of Image Signal Processor (ISP) IP cores. This role is critical to quality, in delivering synthesizable IP cores to multiple SoC manufacturers serving the camera and mobile devices markets. A wide breadth of experience in verification methodologies is essential, as they will play a critical role in driving the verification processes.
Skills Required:
- Good knowledge of verification methodologies - excellent UVM is critical
- VHDL, Verilog and System Verilog
- Low power design techniques
- Perl, Python, tcl
- Understanding of hardware design, demonstrated by experience in the field
- Tools knowledge - VCS, Cadence NC, Atrenta Spyglass, Modelsim
- Minimum first degree at 2:1 or above in a relevant technical subject.
Desirable skills:
- Debug experience
- FPGA, Synopsys DC and C, C++
- Assertion based verification
- Formal verification
Experience Required:
- Previous experience of system level verification in a commercial development environment is essential.
- The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate having produced or contributed to customer facing verification reports.
- Previous experience working in a hardware design function before moving into verification is required
Other Requirements:
- The candidate must be highly motivated, keen to make a real contribution to our clients range of IP and development processes.
- Good communication is essential as they will be working very closely with the hardware team and algorithm engineers.