IT & Software

Digital Verification Lead Engineer

European Tech Recruit

Reading · England · United Kingdom

Associate Consultant l Semiconductor, Embedded Systems, Renewable Energy

We are seeking an experienced Digital Verification Lead Engineer to drive verification strategy, lead multi-site teams, and contribute to the development of cutting-edge semiconductor products.

This role can be based out of the following locations: Lausanne (Switzerland), Reading/Northampton (UK), Dortmund (Germany), or Copenhagen (Denmark).

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead digital verification activities across assigned projects
  • Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to team members
  • Develop comprehensive verification plans from design specifications
  • Plan and schedule project tasks, assigning and tracking workloads across the team
  • Define and implement verification methodologies, including standardized debug flows
  • Participate in design and peer reviews to ensure robust design quality
  • Maintain and enhance the verification environment; track, manage, and close design bugs
  • Collaborate closely with design engineers on verification and validation of circuit designs
  • Apply state-of-the-art tools, techniques, and technologies to verification activities

Required Skills

  • Excellent communication skills and strong team-oriented mindset
  • Proficiency in scripting and experience with regression setup and management
  • Deep knowledge of simulation and verification environments, including advanced debugging techniques
  • Experience with Gate-Level Simulation flows and debug
  • Strong understanding of metrics-driven verification, including planning and coverage closure
  • Hands-on experience developing test benches using modern verification methodologies
  • Experience with third-party VIP and test development (preferred)
  • Experience with emulation platforms and/or FPGA prototyping (a plus)
  • Exposure to Assertion-Based Verification (a plus)

Experience

  • 7+ years in the semiconductor industry
  • Proven experience leading and managing teams across multiple locations
  • Strong track record verifying complex digital designs, ideally in high-volume applications
  • Ability to balance quality, performance, and schedule trade-offs
  • Experience with constrained-random test bench development
  • Familiarity with SerDes and high-level protocols (e.g., PCIe, USB, DisplayPort) is advantageous
  • Ability to coordinate and manage external subcontractors to scale verification efforts

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline

By applying to this role you understand that we may collect your personal data and store and process it on our systems. For more information please see our Privacy Notice

Seniority Level

  • Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

  • Full-time

Industries

  • Semiconductor Manufacturing, Software Development, and Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

#J-18808-Ljbffr

Reference: WJ-5107_13670354

Apply now

Continue on the employer's official application - the same link they use for every candidate.

More jobs

Find more on GigBlows

This role is listed on GigBlows for discovery and search. Hiring decisions and applications are handled by the employer or their chosen application system.