Verification Lead / Principal Verification Engineer - PCIe Gen5/Gen6

Job Title: Verification Lead / Principal Verification Engineer PCIe Gen5/Gen6
Location: San Jose, CA

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Verification Lead to own the end-to-end verification of PCIe Gen5/Gen6 subsystem with Transcation Layer, Controller, PHY and Serdes. The candidate will be responsible for verification planning, methodology definition, UVM environment architecture, coverage closure, protocol compliance verification, and leadership of a team of verification engineers.

The ideal candidate should possess deep expertise in PCIe protocol, Transaction/Data Link/Physical Layers, LTSSM, PHY/SerDes interactions, UVM methodology, assertions, formal verification, emulation, and post-silicon debug support. The role requires close collaboration with Architecture, RTL Design, DFT, Firmware, Physical Design, and Validation teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Verification Ownership
• Own complete verification signoff for PCIe Gen5/Gen6 Controller and Subsystem.
• Develop overall verification strategy and execution plan.
• Drive verification activities from specification review through tape-out.
• Review architecture, microarchitecture, and RTL specifications.
• Define verification metrics and signoff criteria.
• Create comprehensive verification plans covering:
• Transaction Layer, Physical Layer, PIPE, and Data Link Layer
• SR-IOV supporting large virtual functions.
• Recovery Mechanisms

Map every protocol feature to:

• Testcases, Assertion, Functional Coverage and Scoreboards.
• Architect reusable UVM verification environments.
• Build subsystem- and SoC-level verification environments.
• Enable reuse from IP to subsystem to SoC verification.
• Define coverage architecture.

Drive:

• Functional Coverage
• Code Coverage
• Assertion Coverage
• Cross Coverage
• Analyze coverage holes and drive closure.
• Establish signoff methodology and metrics.
• Verify Controller-to-PHY integration.
• Verify PIPE interface compliance.

Validate:

• Equalization sequences
• Link training
• Recovery behavior
• Speed changes
• Lane width changes
• Work closely with PHY and Analog teams.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor verification engineers.
• Perform verification reviews and audits.
• Drive schedule planning and execution tracking.
• Interface with customers and program management.
• Own verification signoff reviews.