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Lead Verification Engineer

Cadence
Bengaluru, IND
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Senior · 6+ years experience
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Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced AI EDA Specialist (Verification / Workflow SME) to bridge the gap between semiconductor verification methodologies and AI-driven automation. This role will serve as the domain expert responsible for validating AI-generated verification artifacts, debugging customer verification challenges, developing ground-truth datasets, and ensuring AI solutions align with industry-standard verification workflows.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, simulation, and formal verification with a passion for enabling next-generation AI-powered engineering solutions.

Verification Workflow Validation

Validate AI-generated outputs across RTL verification workflows.

Review and assessment generated: UVM testbenches Assertions (SVA) Coverage strategies Simulation and formal verification flows

UVM testbenches

Assertions (SVA)

Coverage strategies

Simulation and formal verification flows

Ensure compliance with industry-standard verification methodologies and best practices.

Customer Technical Support & Debugging

Investigate and resolve customer-reported issues involving: UVM environments RTL verification testbenches Functional coverage Assertion failures Simulation regressions

UVM environments

RTL verification testbenches

Functional coverage

Assertion failures

Simulation regressions

Reproduce, analyze, and document root causes of complex verification problems.

Partner closely with customers, application engineers, and product teams to drive issue resolution.

Ground Truth & Benchmark Development

Develop and maintain benchmark verification datasets and golden reference test cases.

Establish correctness criteria for evaluating AI-generated verification artifacts.

Build validation suites for model qualification and regression testing.

AI Model Enablement

Collaborate with AI/LLM engineers to improve accuracy and verification relevance of AI-generated outputs.

Review model responses and provide feedback for fine-tuning and evaluation.

Translate semiconductor verification workflows into structured AI evaluation scenarios.

Help reduce hallucinations and improve technical correctness of AI-assisted verification solutions.

EDA Workflow Integration

Validate interoperability between AI systems and industry-standard EDA tools.

Support workflow automation across: Simulation Regression management Coverage analysis Formal verification

Simulation

Regression management

Coverage analysis

Formal verification

Identify opportunities to improve verification productivity through AI-assisted automation.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in: Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Related technical discipline

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Computer Science

Related technical discipline

Experience

6–10 years of experience in semiconductor verification.

Proven experience developing and debugging complex UVM-based verification environments.

Hands-on experience with RTL, IP, subsystem, or SoC verification projects.

Verification Expertise

Strong knowledge of: SystemVerilog UVM RTL Verification Functional Coverage Code Coverage Assertion-Based Verification (SVA) Constrained Random Methodologies

SystemVerilog

UVM

RTL Verification

Code Coverage

Assertion-Based Verification (SVA)

Constrained Random Methodologies

Debug & Analysis

Expertise debugging: Simulation failures Assertion violations Coverage gaps Verification regressions Complex multi-component testbenches

Simulation failures

Assertion violations

Coverage gaps

Verification regressions

Complex multi-component testbenches

EDA Tools

Experience with one or more of the following:

Cadence Xcelium

Synopsys VCS

Siemens QuestaSim

Cadence JasperGold

Synopsys VC Formal

Verification management and regression platforms

Automation Skills

  • Python
  • Shell scripting
  • TCL scripting
  • Workflow automation and test framework development

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting customers or field engineering organizations.
  • Familiarity with AI, LLMs, or AI-assisted EDA workflows.
  • Experience developing verification automation frameworks.
  • Knowledge of agentic AI systems and evaluation methodologies.
  • Exposure to semiconductor EDA product development or application engineering.

Key Competencies

Deep semiconductor verification expertise.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to translate AI outputs into technically correct verification solutions.

Excellent communication and customer interaction skills.

Cross-functional collaboration across engineering, AI, product, and customer teams.

Passion for driving innovation through AI-enabled verification technologies.

Success Metrics

AI-generated verification accuracy against ground-truth benchmarks.

Reduction in customer issue resolution time.

Improvement in workflow validation pass rates.

Reduction in AI-generated verification errors and hallucinations.

Growth of validated benchmark datasets and test suites.

Improved customer productivity and adoption of AI-assisted verification workflows.

Role Impact: This role serves as the semiconductor verification authority responsible for ensuring AI-generated verification outputs are technically accurate, workflow-compliant, and production-ready for deployment across customer environments.

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