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Senior Staff Verification Engineer (DDR/LPDDR)-18604
Accepting applicationsSynopsys Inc · Sunnyvale, CA
Full-Time Mid_senior AIASICDDRMentorPerl
Posted
5d ago
Category
Verification
Experience
Mid_senior
Country
United States
We Are
Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.
You Are
You have spent years verifying silicon that cannot afford to fail in production, and you understand that catching the corner case at RTL saves months of pain downstream. The difference between a testbench that looks good in review and one that finds bugs is something you feel in your gut after running thousands of simulations and debugging failures that made no sense until they suddenly did.
You think in coverage holes, not checklist completion. When someone says, "we hit 100% code coverage," you are the engineer asking what scenarios were never exercised and why the assertions did not catch that protocol violation three weeks ago. Mentoring matters to you because you remember being the engineer staring at a waveform at 9 PM trying to understand why a transaction dropped. You do not need perfect specs to get started. You read the RTL, ask the design team the right questions, and build a test plan that reflects how the block will break.
What You'll Be Doing
Define and track verification test plans for DDR PHY and memory subsystem IP blocks, translating architecture specs into executable verification strategies
Design and write constrained-random System Verilog testbenches using UVM, building reusable verification components that scale across product families
Write System Verilog assertions and functional coverage models to close coverage gaps and catch protocol violations
Debug RTL and gate-level simulation failures, working with design engineers to root-cause issues in complex memory interface logic
Perform code coverage analysis and drive coverage closure, identifying untested paths and corner cases that matter
Mentor verification engineers earlier in their careers, reviewing test benches, debugging strategies, and verification plans
Integrate AI-assisted verification tools and workflows into the team's methodology
The Impact You Will Have
Your test plans and coverage models will directly determine whether critical bugs are caught before tape out or discovered in silicon
The UVM environments you build will be reused across multiple product generations, shaping how the team verifies memory IP for years
Your debugging work will uncover RTL issues that would have caused customer re-spins, saving months of schedule and millions in mask costs
The assertions and coverage you write will become the safety net that catches regressions as the design evolves
Your mentorship will accelerate how quickly new engineers become productive contributors
The verification strategies you define will influence how Synopsys memory IP is validated across the product portfolio
What You'll Need
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering with 8+ years of hands-on ASIC verification experience
Deep proficiency in UVM methodology and System Verilog, you have built test benches that found bugs
Strong understanding of DDR memory architecture and DDR PHY design, including timing, training, and calibration flows
Working knowledge of DFI protocol, memory controllers, or memory subsystem integration
Solid scripting ability in Perl or Python for automation, result parsing, and flow development
Proven debugging skills across RTL and gate-level simulations
Experience with AI-assisted verification tools and workflows is a plus
Who You Are
You can look at a failing test, a 10,000-line waveform, and a vague bug description and figure out what actually went wrong
You push back when a test plan is too shallow or a coverage model misses the scenarios that will actually break in the field
You write assertions that catch real bugs, not ones that just make the coverage report look better
You can explain a complex verification failure to a design engineer in a way that gets them to the right line of RTL
You are comfortable being the senior technical voice in a room, whether that is a test plan review or a tape out readiness discussion
The Team You'll Be Part Of
Your recruiter will share more about the team structure and mission during the interview process.
Rewards and Benefits
We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.
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Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.
You Are
You have spent years verifying silicon that cannot afford to fail in production, and you understand that catching the corner case at RTL saves months of pain downstream. The difference between a testbench that looks good in review and one that finds bugs is something you feel in your gut after running thousands of simulations and debugging failures that made no sense until they suddenly did.
You think in coverage holes, not checklist completion. When someone says, "we hit 100% code coverage," you are the engineer asking what scenarios were never exercised and why the assertions did not catch that protocol violation three weeks ago. Mentoring matters to you because you remember being the engineer staring at a waveform at 9 PM trying to understand why a transaction dropped. You do not need perfect specs to get started. You read the RTL, ask the design team the right questions, and build a test plan that reflects how the block will break.
What You'll Be Doing
Define and track verification test plans for DDR PHY and memory subsystem IP blocks, translating architecture specs into executable verification strategies
Design and write constrained-random System Verilog testbenches using UVM, building reusable verification components that scale across product families
Write System Verilog assertions and functional coverage models to close coverage gaps and catch protocol violations
Debug RTL and gate-level simulation failures, working with design engineers to root-cause issues in complex memory interface logic
Perform code coverage analysis and drive coverage closure, identifying untested paths and corner cases that matter
Mentor verification engineers earlier in their careers, reviewing test benches, debugging strategies, and verification plans
Integrate AI-assisted verification tools and workflows into the team's methodology
The Impact You Will Have
Your test plans and coverage models will directly determine whether critical bugs are caught before tape out or discovered in silicon
The UVM environments you build will be reused across multiple product generations, shaping how the team verifies memory IP for years
Your debugging work will uncover RTL issues that would have caused customer re-spins, saving months of schedule and millions in mask costs
The assertions and coverage you write will become the safety net that catches regressions as the design evolves
Your mentorship will accelerate how quickly new engineers become productive contributors
The verification strategies you define will influence how Synopsys memory IP is validated across the product portfolio
What You'll Need
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering with 8+ years of hands-on ASIC verification experience
Deep proficiency in UVM methodology and System Verilog, you have built test benches that found bugs
Strong understanding of DDR memory architecture and DDR PHY design, including timing, training, and calibration flows
Working knowledge of DFI protocol, memory controllers, or memory subsystem integration
Solid scripting ability in Perl or Python for automation, result parsing, and flow development
Proven debugging skills across RTL and gate-level simulations
Experience with AI-assisted verification tools and workflows is a plus
Who You Are
You can look at a failing test, a 10,000-line waveform, and a vague bug description and figure out what actually went wrong
You push back when a test plan is too shallow or a coverage model misses the scenarios that will actually break in the field
You write assertions that catch real bugs, not ones that just make the coverage report look better
You can explain a complex verification failure to a design engineer in a way that gets them to the right line of RTL
You are comfortable being the senior technical voice in a room, whether that is a test plan review or a tape out readiness discussion
The Team You'll Be Part Of
Your recruiter will share more about the team structure and mission during the interview process.
Rewards and Benefits
We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.
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