Renesas Electronics America

Principal Design Verification Engineer

Renesas Electronics America • $130K — $155K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar.
  • Extensive experience in semiconductor design verification with ownership of complex projects.
  • Expert-level proficiency in SystemVerilog.
  • Significant experience with UVM, including environment development and optimization.
  • Expertise in defining verification strategies and developing plans from design specifications.
  • Strong background in functional verification, constrained-random testing and coverage closure.
  • Demonstrated ability to solve complex verification/design issues independently.

Responsibilities

  • Lead verification strategy and execution for complex semiconductor designs at block and system level.
  • Define methodologies, test plans, and verification environments.
  • Architect, develop, and optimize SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches.
  • Drive test development, coverage, and resolution of verification failures.
  • Collaborate with RTL/design engineers to ensure design meets requirements.
  • Analyze specifications and design implementations for functional gaps.
  • Mentor and provide guidance to verification engineers.

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package.
  • Opportunities for technical ownership and mentorship.
  • Involvement in cutting-edge technology development for DDR6.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Principal Design Verification Engineer to provide technical leadership for verification of next-generation semiconductor memory interface products, including data buffer silicon.

This role will drive verification strategy and execution for complex digital designs, working closely with design teams to ensure functionality, performance, and product requirements are met. The ideal candidate brings deep semiconductor verification expertise with SystemVerilog and UVM. Previous DDR or memory experience is an advantage, but is not required.

This is an opportunity to take significant technical ownership while contributing to next-generation DDR6 technology.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead verification strategy and execution for complex semiconductor designs at the block and system level.
  • Define verification methodologies, test plans, coverage strategies, and verification environments.
  • Architect, develop, maintain, and optimize SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches and verification environments.
  • Drive test development, functional coverage, checkers, constrained-random verification, and coverage closure.
  • Take technical ownership of verification for assigned blocks, features, and environments from planning through signoff.
  • Work closely with RTL and design engineers to ensure designs meet functional and performance requirements and are effectively verifiable.
  • Analyze specifications, design implementation, and verification results to identify functional gaps and design issues.
  • Drive debugging and resolution of complex verification failures.
  • Develop scalable and reusable verification components, methodologies, and best practices.
  • Identify and lead improvements in verification efficiency, quality, performance, and reuse.
  • Participate in architecture, feasibility, design, and technical reviews.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to verification engineers.
  • Serve as a technical expert for assigned verification methodologies and tools.
  • Communicate verification progress, coverage, technical risks, and readiness to engineering leadership and project stakeholders.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • Extensive experience in semiconductor design verification, with demonstrated technical ownership of complex verification efforts.
  • Expert-level proficiency with SystemVerilog.
  • Significant hands-on experience with UVM (Universal Verification Methodology), including development and optimization of UVM-based verification environments.
  • Experience defining verification strategies and developing verification plans from design and product specifications.
  • Strong experience with functional verification, constrained-random testing, functional coverage, checkers, debugging, and coverage closure.
  • Experience partnering closely with RTL/design engineering teams throughout the verification lifecycle.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently solve complex verification and design problems.
  • Ability to provide technical leadership and mentoring within a verification team.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with DDR, memory interfaces, memory controllers, data buffers, or related semiconductor technologies.
  • Experience with DDR4 and/or DDR5.
  • Verification experience with complex high-speed interfaces, protocols, or mixed-signal semiconductor products.
  • Experience leading verification efforts through coverage closure and signoff.


We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?

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About Renesas Electronics America

Renesas Electronics America is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad range of analog and power devices, with operations spanning research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of applications.
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