Design Verification Engineer III

Job Title: Design Verification Engineer III
Duration: 06 Months (Possible extension)
Location: Onsite 3 days in Sunnyvale, CA
Job Description:

• Design Verification engineer for wearables silicon accelerator IPs - testbench development, coverage-driven verification, RTL debug, and power/performance measurement.

Top 3 Must-Have Skills:

• SystemVerilog / UVM testbench development.
• Functional coverage + assertion-based verification and coverage closure.
• RTL debug (VCS/Xcelium) + Python automation; power/perf measurement.

Good to have skills:

• Experience with power measurement tools - PrimeTime PX (PTPX) or equivalent (e.g., PrimePower).
• Low-power / power-aware verification (UPF, power-aware sim) in advanced nodes (7nm and below).
• Formal verification and/or emulation (Palladium / Zebu) experience.
• Familiarity with the RTL-to-GDSII flow.
• Data analysis / ML approaches for coverage or debug triage.
• Previous Meta experience preferred.

Education:

• BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science required; MS preferred (not required).

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute verification plans for RTL blocks/IPs across the subsystem.
• Build and maintain SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches; write directed and constrained-random tests.
• Drive functional coverage and assertion (SVA) closure; run and triage regressions.
• Perform power/performance measurement across design stages using PPA RTL, PtPx tool; correlate results with post silicon and feed back to design/power-modeling teams.
• Build power/perf dashboard for tracking and publishing
• Debug RTL failures (waveform/Verdi) and provide actionable feedback to the design team/verification team.
• Contribute to automation of verification/regression and power/performance measurement flows (Python).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Proven SystemVerilog + UVM verification experience (testbench architecture, sequences, drivers/monitors).
• Functional coverage, constrained-random, and assertion-based verification (SVA); coverage closure.
• Strong RTL debug with industry simulators (VCS / Xcelium / Questa) and waveform tools (Verdi).
• Working knowledge of RTL design principles and digital design fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Python (or Perl) scripting for automation.

Story Behind the Need - Business Group & Key Projects:

• We are seeking a Power Measurement Design Verification Engineer to develop and execute DV test strategies focused on power and performance characterization at the IP and SoC level. This role is critical to enabling accurate pre-silicon power estimation, driving power optimization decisions, and maintaining automated power reporting infrastructure