Senior Design Verification Engineer

Job Description

Position: Design Verification Engineer – PCIe / CXL Gen 5 & Gen 6

Company: Silicon Patterns

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 5–12+ Years (can be adjusted)

Notice Period: Immediate to 90 Days

Role Overview

Silicon Patterns is looking for a highly skilled Design Verification Engineer with strong expertise in PCIe and CXL protocols (Gen 5 & Gen 6) . The role involves end-to-end verification of high-speed interconnect IPs and SoCs, working closely with design, architecture, and validation teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute UVM-based verification environments for PCIe and CXL IPs (Gen 5 / Gen 6)
• Verify PCIe/CXL protocol layers (PHY, Link, Transaction layers)
• Create and maintain test plans , coverage models, assertions, and scoreboards
• Perform functional, regression, and corner-case verification
• Debug protocol-level issues using System Verilog, UVM, and protocol analyzers
• Collaborate with RTL designers to resolve functional and performance issues
• Support SoC-level integration verification involving PCIe/CXL subsystems
• Analyze failures and ensure coverage closure
• Contribute to verification methodology improvements and automation

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience in Design Verification using System Verilog and UVM
• Hands-on expertise in PCIe Gen 5 / Gen 6 (LTSSM, Equalization, Flow Control, AER, SR-IOV, etc.)
• Good understanding of CXL (CXL.io, CXL.cache, CXL.mem) protocols
• Experience with verification IPs (VIPs) for PCIe/CXL
• Proficiency in assertion-based verification (SVA)
• Strong debugging skills at block and SoC level
• Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals
• Experience with simulation tools (VCS, Questa, Xcelium, etc.)

Company Overview — Silicon Patterns

Silicon Patterns is a specialized semiconductor engineering services company delivering comprehensive solutions across the entire silicon design and development lifecycle. The company excels in pre-silicon and post-silicon engineering services , helping clients accelerate product development while ensuring high quality and first-pass silicon success.

With its headquarters in Hyderabad and offices in Bangalore and Raipur , Silicon Patterns also supports global teams in Malaysia and beyond , serving customers across Wireless, IoT, Automotive, and advanced computing domains .

Silicon Patterns offers end-to-end semiconductor solutions including:

• RTL Design & IP Development
• Design Verification (DV) using modern methodologies like UVM/SystemVerilog
• Emulation, Pre- & Post-Silicon Validation
• Physical Design (PD) & DFT
• SystemC Modeling, Prototyping, and Silicon Bring-Up Support