Principal SOC Verification Engineer
Arm · Posted Oct 15
Semiconductor IP, energy-efficient CPU architecture, and high-performance compute platforms
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About the role
The Solutions SoC Engineering organization at Arm is a global team spanning architecture, design, verification, emulation, FPGA, software, and post-silicon validation, focused on delivering high-performance and energy-efficient SoC solutions for next-generation computing markets. The work covers Arm-based IPs, subsystems, and SoCs using advanced verification methodologies, automation, and AI-driven tools. This role owns end-to-end verification of complex IP, subsystem, and SoC designs, including CPU, PCIe, DDR, security, coherency, memory subsystem, and interconnect functionality, and contributes to SoC verification methodology.
What you will do
- Develop and execute verification strategies for IP, subsystem, and SoC designs.
- Verify CPU, PCIe, DDR, Security, coherency, memory subsystem, and interconnect functionality.
- Perform power-aware verification and system scenario/performance validation.
- Own verification deliverables from planning through verification closure while ensuring quality, schedule, and execution commitments are met.
- Architect, develop, and maintain reusable verification environments, verification IPs, methodologies, and automation.
- Develop verification plans, test methodologies, test cases, and coverage closure strategies.
- Drive functional, code, toggle, assertion, and coverage closure.
- Debug RTL, testbench, integration, and system-level issues.
- Collaborate with architecture, design, firmware, emulation, FPGA, validation, and post-silicon teams.
- Leverage automation, scripting, and AI-assisted workflows to improve verification productivity.
- Contribute to methodology improvements, documentation, and engineering best practices.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of IP, subsystem, or SoC verification experience.
- Strong Verilog, SystemVerilog, UVM, and modern verification methodologies.
- Experience with Arm-based SoC architecture, coherency, interconnects, memory hierarchy, and UPF.
- Experience with C/C++, scripting, coverage closure, and strong RTL/testbench debug.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with CHI, ACE, AMBA, PCIe, DDR, or Security IP.
- Arm System Architecture knowledge.
- Assembly programming.
- Formal verification, emulation, FPGA, gate-level simulation, or post-silicon validation.
- AI-assisted verification and globally distributed engineering experience.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Arm
Arm architects, develops, and licenses high-performance, energy-efficient CPU products and related semiconductor intellectual property. Its technology powers over 99% of the world's smartphones as well as a vast array of devices ranging from tiny sensors and wearables to cloud-scale AI supercomputers.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 8000+ employees
- Founded
- 1990
- Location
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
- 2023-09-14IPO$5.23B
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Development
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Architect
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