Senior ASIC Verification Engineer (35885)

Ottawa, ON
On-site
Posted Nov 15, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 8+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English

Job summary

Develop and verify complex SoCs and digital ASICs using SystemVerilog and UVM, including test plans, generators, checkers, coverage, assertions, and formal verification. Collaborate across engineering teams to resolve technical issues, support bring-up and integration, and contribute independently or provide technical leadership.

Job details

Senior ASIC Verification Engineer Role Overview Work as an independent contributor in the development and verification of advanced SoCs based on the latest ASIC and FPGA technologies. The role involves developing robust verification environments, creating test strategies, and collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-quality silicon and hardware solutions. Key Responsibilities Develop and verify complex SoCs and digital ASIC designs using SystemVerilog and UVM. Develop protocol and traffic generators, checkers, and self-checking verification environments. Develop and execute comprehensive test plans based on functional requirements and applicable industry standards. Define, develop, and execute verification tests for complex digital ASICs at the block and sub-chip levels. Collaborate with hardware, software, system engineers, suppliers, and other technical teams to resolve complex technical issues. Work closely with subject matter experts across different engineering disciplines to develop competitive and reliable solutions. Support hardware and software bring-up, integration, debugging, and issue resolution. Apply functional coverage, code coverage, assertions, and formal verification techniques to improve verification quality. Contribute independently to assigned projects or provide technical leadership to a verification team when required. Help evaluate and implement evolving verification methodologies, tools, and best practices. Skills And Experience Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline; Master's degree is preferred. 8+ years of relevant experience in ASIC or SoC verification. Strong experience developing and implementing verification test plans for complex ASICs at the block or sub-chip level. Advanced proficiency in SystemVerilog and scripting languages such as Python. Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with the UVM methodology. Experience with SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) and functional coverage. Experience with code coverage and formal verification tools. Understanding of modern and evolving ASIC/SoC verification methodologies. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to work effectively within geographically distributed, cross-functional engineering teams. Experience with DSP and/or FEC is considered an asset. ,

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in a related engineering or computer science discipline and at least 8 years of ASIC or SoC verification experience; a master's degree is preferred. Candidates should have advanced SystemVerilog and Python skills, strong UVM experience, and hands-on knowledge of test planning, assertions, coverage, and formal verification.