Application Specific Integrated Circuit Verification Engineer (San Diego)

ASIC UVM Verification Engineer

Role: Senior ASIC Verification Engineer Industry: Satellite Communications / Semiconductor Experience: 8+ years Key requirement: Strong hands-on SystemVerilog and UVM verification experience.

What the client is looking for

• Multiple openings — candidates will be placed where their skills fit best.
• Three verification levels: IP/Block-level, Subsystem-level, and SoC-level.
• Well-rounded UVM engineers who can develop testbenches, debug complex designs, and drive verification to signoff.
• Space experience is a plus.
• DSP experience is a plus.

Must-have technical skills

• SystemVerilog and UVM.
• ASIC/SoC functional verification.
• Verification planning, assertions, and functional coverage closure.
• Testbench development, scoreboards, reference models, and protocol monitors.
• RTL and testbench debugging.
• Complex digital control and datapath verification.

Preferred experience

• Satellite, wireless, modem, or baseband communications.
• DSP pipelines, LDPC/BCH/FEC blocks, framing engines, or beamforming.
• Formal verification, CDC/RDC, low-power verification, and high-speed interfaces.
• Hardware/software integration and post-silicon debug.

Ideal candidate profile

A senior UVM verification engineer with 8+ years of ASIC/SoC experience, strong SystemVerilog skills, and experience at one or more verification levels. Satellite or DSP expertise is beneficial but not mandatory.