Senior Principal Verification Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Principal Verification Engineer (SoC/Digital Verification)

Description

Lead SoC verification architecture, strategy, and methodology for complex multi-IP, multi-subsystem designs, ensuring end-to-end verification coverage. Own verification planning and verification execution across critical subsystems (interconnect, coherency, memory, I/O, security, power management, reset, debug, and system-level flows). Provide technical authority, drive scalable verification environments and risk mitigation, and mentor other verification engineers.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive SoC verification architecture, strategy, and methodology

• Develop verification plans from architecture/specs/use cases and system-level failure scenarios

• Lead verification of critical SoC functionality: interconnect, coherency, memory, I/O, security, power management, reset, debug, and system-level flows

• Build scalable verification environments: stimulus, checkers, scoreboards, assertions, functional coverage, and verification infrastructure

• Find verification gaps, corner cases, and cross-IP interactions not covered at block/subsystem level

• Collaborate with architecture, RTL design, firmware, performance, emulation, validation, and IP verification teams

• Lead system-level scenarios: concurrency, stress, error handling, recovery, and multi-subsystem interactions

• Improve verification methodology and infrastructure to raise coverage, productivity, scalability, and debug efficiency

• Identify risks early and drive mitigation plans

• Participate in architecture/design/test-plan/coverage/verification readiness reviews

• Serve as a senior technical authority for SoC DV best practices and technical direction

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to verification engineers

Requirements

• Doctorate in EE/CE/CS (or related) with 7+ years technical engineering experience; OR

• Master’s in EE/CE/CS (or related) with 10+ years; OR

• Bachelor’s in EE/CE/CS (or related) with 12+ years; OR equivalent experience

• Ability to meet Microsoft cloud background check requirements

• Ability to meet export-controlled information eligibility requirements (citizenship or US residency/protected status verification)

Benefits

• Eligible for benefits and other compensation; base pay range (US): USD $165,600–$296,400 per year (varies by location)