Principal Verification Engineer

Position: Principal Staff Verification Engineer
A US-based start-up has recently expanded into the UK and is building a cutting-edge hardware team comprising ASIC Designers, Verification Engineers, and Architects. With a proven and successful leadership team, this company offers a unique opportunity to be part of the AI revolution from the ground up.
As AI and computing rapidly evolve, there is an increasing demand for sophisticated platforms that integrate a wide range of processors—including CPUs, GPUs, and neural accelerators and this is where you come in!
You will be joining a Fabric IP company as a Design Verification Engineer, contributing your strong background in developing test benches and writing test sequences for complex IPs. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping the company’s technology portfolio—bringing both technical expertise and creative problem-solving to innovative hardware solutions.
Responsibilities:
Create test plans for highly configurable IPs meant to provide interconnectivity between components across an SoC, chiplet, or multi-chiplet systems
Write UVM/System Verilog code to implement the test plan, checkers, and scoreboards
Collaborate with software teams to define and implement configurable test benches
Work with design teams test plans, failure debug, coverage, etc
Qualifications and preferred skills
BS, MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
6+ years and current hands-on experience in block-level/IP-level/SoC-level verification
Proficiency in Verilog, System Verilog
Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools for simulation and debug
Deep experience with UVM-based test benches

Experience with modern programming languages like Python
Knowledge of Arm AMBA protocols such as AXI, APB, and AHB
Understanding of Arm CHI protocol is a plus
Experience on working with IP's for caches, cache coherency, memory subsystems, interconnects, and NoC's is a plus

Experience with formal verification techniques, emulation platforms is a plus
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Strong communication and collaboration skills
On offer is a competitive base salary of up to £120,000 (dependent on experience), along with share options and a performance-based bonus scheme
This is a rare opportunity to join the company as one of the first engineers in the UK—and among a select few globally—helping to shape and build a world-class hardware team from the ground up
To be considered for this role, you must already be living and working in the United Kingdom and happy to work onsite in either Bristol or Cambridge.
For more information, please contact Rachel Mason.