Digital Electronics Principal Verification Engineer

Company: Cadence Design Systems
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Location: Edinburgh
Job Description:

Overview

As a Digital Electronics Principal Verification Engineer, you will help drive verification strategy for Cadence’s Chiplet-enabled IP. You will work with a cross-functional team to build scalable verification and emulation environments, enabling rapid, reliable SoC development. You will define metrics, build UVM-based scoreboards, and implement formal and emulation-based verification flows. This role places you at the forefront of Cadence IP solutions, shaping how customers accelerate time-to-volume. You will collaborate with architects and designers to tackle complex test scenarios and improve verification effectiveness.

Responsibilities

  • Develop verification and emulation environments for complex chiplet designs
  • Create UVM-SV scoreboards for self-checking regressions
  • Define functional coverage within metric-driven verification environments
  • Develop SystemVerilog Assertions for formal and simulation use
  • Build emulation environments using Cadence Palladium
  • Integrate Cadence verification IP for simulation and AVIP for emulation
  • Define and manage verification plans using vManager
  • Create automated regression environments (e.g., Jenkins, GIT)
  • Participate in ISO-9001 review processes and cross-functional technical meetings
  • Collaborate with architects and design engineers to debug complex test scenarios

Key requirements

  • Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Microelectronics, or related
  • 10+ years in microelectronics/EDA
  • Experience of Verilog RTL Design
  • Experience of Metric Driven Verification (MDV)
  • Experience of Formal Verification Methodologies
  • Excellent oral and written English
  • Self-motivated with strong planning and communication skills
  • excellent communication
  • interpersonal skills
  • team collaboration
  • Verilog RTL Design
  • Metric Driven Verification (MDV)
  • Formal Verification Methodologies

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Posted: October 23rd, 2026