Principal Engineer - Verification IP

Arm is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Principal Verification IP Engineer to join our Verification IP (VIP) team.

The VIP team develops and maintains a suite of tools used for the verification of various Arm Hardware IP products. The team provides reliable, accurate, consistent and comprehensive verification tools and solutions for standard AMBA interface protocols, that are used by all Arm engineering teams.

As a Principal Engineer, you will take technical ownership of key AMBA VIP products and drive the deployment of VIP products into IP, Subsystem or SoC test benches across Arm.

This is an opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with engineering leadership, driving innovation and continuous improvement while supporting the development of engineers within the wider team.

• Assume technical responsibility for one or more significant VIP products or functional areas, including their architecture, development, delivery, and ongoing evolution.
• Define technical requirements and development priorities in collaboration with AMBA Architects and project leads across CE/SE.
• Drive architectural and technical decisions, balancing functionality, performance, maintainability, and delivery requirements.
• Work closely with the team leadership in defining strategy, roadmap planning and deliver significant engineering work streams, ensuring commitments are met to agreed quality and schedule expectations.
• Support engineering teams across Arm in integrating and adopting VIP solutions.
• Proactively identify and implement improvements to VIP products, development processes, and verification methodologies.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers across different experience levels.

• Significant experience in IP / SoC verification with deep knowledge of verification methodologies and processes
• Deep expertise in System Verilog and UVM based test bench or verification IP development
• Strong understanding of functional verification methodologies, including constrained-random verification, coverage-driven verification, formal verification and assertions.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience of leading complex technical work packages and engineering outcomes
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Ability to mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers on the team.

• Hands-on knowledge of Arm Architecture and AMBA protocols such as CHI, AXI etc
• Understanding of cache coherency, interconnect architectures, and large scale Arm based Systems.
• Experience with Emulation based or Acceleration based Verification IP
• Knowledge of formal verification methodologies, protocol checkers, or assertion-based verification.
• Experience with simulation performance optimisation, verification automation, or debugging infrastructure.
• Experience in developing shared verification frameworks and reusable verification libraries.
• Knowledge of software development techniques and workflows such as Continuous Integration
• Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and assistants to aid day to day work and improve efficiency

Please note that a relocation package (including visa sponsorship support) is available for this role, for candidates who require it.

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