Senior Digital Verification Engineer - Scotland

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JOB AD:Job DescriptionWe are seeking a senior digital verification engineer to join our clients expanding European Design Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. Critical to their new product development plans, the Centre designs advanced power control ICs for a broad range of productapplications. They are recognised world-wide as providing state-of-the-art automotive power integrated circuits. You will be part of a new verification team which collaborates on the verification of embedded SoCs based on innovative new core architectures.RESPONSIBILITIESAs a senior member of the SoC development team, you will be responsible for developing verification plans based on microarchitecture specifications and using SV/UVM based verification environments to meet the required coverage metrics.Minimum requirements:- Knowledge of the embedded SoC design and verification life-cycle with an emphasis on design verification tasks such as: test plan development, test bench creation, test coverage analysis and debug of unexpected design behaviour.- Knowledge of CPU, Memory or I/O Subsystem microarchitectures (caches, virtual memory, DMA, memory access optimizations).- Experience identifying functional coverage conditions based on microarchitecture specifications- Experience of SystemVerilog digital using UVM -SV- Expertise building Mixed-Signal testbenches, checkers and tests.- Expertise creating and using real-numbered analog behavioral models in SystemVerilog/Verilog-AMS or electrical behavioral models in Verilog-A- Experience of script generation for processing results as well as regression control configuration- Experience of constrained random verification.- Experience of bus-functional model development for verification of custom or industry-standard interfaces.- Experience defining team deliverables and tasks, tracking on time execution with a focus on quality.KEY RELATIONSHIPSInternal- Liaise with Verification team members.- Liaise with Digital, Analogue, Layout and Systems Group Team members.External- Liaise with Design Centres worldwide.PERSON SPECIFICATION#Essential Qualifications- The successful candidate will possess at least a Bachelors degree in Electrical and/or Electronic Engineering or equivalent.- Languages: System Verilog, Verilog, UVM/OVM, Specman, C/C++, ASM, TCL/TK, Python- The successful candidate should have excellent communication skills- The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate excellent documentation skillsDesirable Qulificqtions- Tools: Unix, Cadence Incisive, Cadence vManager- Digital mixed signal Testbench building expertise- Microprocessors: ARM Cortex-M.- Digital design experience with RTL coding and SCAN methodologies.- Skills, Knowledge and AptitudesCandidates should also be able to demonstrate:- Good presentation skills in English and the ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner.- A high level of commitment and self-motivation- The ability to work as part of a world-wide development team with diverse engineering disciplines.- Experience of problem-solving and analytical skills.TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS- National Travel: 5-10%- International Travel: 5-10%Travel LocationsDependent on work that may arise, most likely travel will be within Europe, the Americas and Asia.