Technical Lead Design Verification Engineer
Astera Labs • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Role & seniority: Technical Lead Design Verification Engineer (senior individual contributor/lead role)
Stack/tools: SystemVerilog, UVM, C/C++ with DPI/PLI integration; scripting in Perl/Python; verification IPs (PCIe, Ethernet, Infiniband, DDR, NVMe, USB); HW verification environments (co-simulation, emulation); VIP abstraction layers; experience with FPGA-based verification/emulation a plus
Top 3 responsibilities
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Develop and execute test plans and sequences in UVM to generate stimuli; debug with RTL designers
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Integrate C/C++ with SystemVerilog environments for RTL simulation, co-simulation, and emulation; automate verification infrastructure
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Create/maintain verification components (tests, assertions, cover properties) and leverage 3rd-party VIPs for various protocols; drive coverage and debugging across SoC/silicon projects
Must-have skills
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≥5 years in verification for server/storage/networking SoCs
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Strong background in electrical engineering (Bachelor’s required; Master’s preferred)
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Proficient in C/C++, SystemVerilog, DPI/PLI, UVM; scripting in Perl/Python
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Experience with directed and constrained-random verification, test-plans, test-sequences, and assertions/coverage
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Experience with 3rd-party VIPs for PCIe (Gen-3+), Ethernet, Infiniband, DDR, NVMe, USB; VIP abstraction layers
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Ability to work independently; customer-facing planning and execution; authorized to work in Canada
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Full Description
Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at www.asteralabs.com. Job Description We are looking for aTechnical Lead Design Verification Engineer with proven experience in all aspects of verification in UVM and C/C++. The candidate must have experience using high level programming languages such as C/C++ to communicate with System Verilog and/or UVM based environments to aid RTL simulation, CoSimulation and Emulation.
Basic qualifications
- Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. At minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE is
- required, and a Maser’s is preferred.
- ≥5 years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or
- Networking applications.
- Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, to plan and prepare for
- customer meetings in advance, and to work with minimal guidance and supervision.
- Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act fast with the customer in mind!
- Authorized to work in Canada and start immediately.
- Required Experience
- Experience with integrating C/C++ in System Verilog environments using DPI/PLI
- Ability to use scripting tools (Perl/Python) to automate verification infrastructure.
- Experience in developing infrastructure and tests in a hybrid directed and constrained random
- environments
- Must be able to work independently to develop test-plans, and related test-sequences in UVM to
- generate stimuli and work collaboratively with RTL designers to debug failures.
- Develop user-controlled random constraints in transaction-based verification methodology. Experience
- writing assertions, cover properties and analyzing coverage data
- Must have prior experience using Verification IPs from 3rd party vendors for communication protocols
- such as PCI-Express (Gen-3 and above), Ethernet, Infiniband, DDR, NVMe, USB, etc.
- Develop VIP abstraction layers to simplify and scale verification deployments
- Preferred Experience
- S/W debugging for SoC based designs in the area of kernel/device-drivers/u-boot
- Physical Layer, Link Layer and Transaction Layer verification expertise in PCIe protocol.
- Experience in memory technologies like DDR4/DDR5/HBM.
- Experience with FPGA-based verification/emulation.
- We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.