Hardware Verification Engineer

Hardware Engineer Mid-level (L4 equivalent) 2-5 years

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The job description

Tech stack. Design verification planning, functional test development, coverage analysis, SystemVerilog or Python testbenches, lab automation, requirements traceability, assertion-based verification, regression management

About the role

You will prove that hardware designs actually work before they reach customers, owning verification from test planning through final sign-off with real accountability. Hardware verification engineers think like adversaries: every assumption the designer made is a hypothesis you are paid to test aggressively. You will build testbenches, automate lab measurements, and chase coverage until the design has nowhere left to hide its bugs. The best verification engineers combine creativity in breaking things with the discipline to document exactly what was tested and what passing means. Your sign-off is what lets the company commit to manufacturing with confidence.

What you will achieve

Develop verification plans with complete requirements traceability, defining precisely what gets tested, how it gets tested, and what passing means
Build automated verification environments spanning simulation testbenches and lab automation scripts that run regression suites on every design change
Achieve defined coverage targets for functional, code, and assertion coverage before sign-off, with clear documentation of waivers and their rationale
Find significant bugs before tape-out or fabrication through adversarial testing, systematic corner-case analysis, and protocol violation injection
Deliver verification reports that give leadership genuine confidence in sign-off decisions, including honest assessment of residual risk areas

What you will bring

Must-haves

2 to 5 years in hardware verification, validation, or design-for-test roles with real sign-off responsibility
Experience developing verification plans from specifications with clear coverage goals, pass criteria, and documented completion metrics
Proficiency in a verification language or framework: SystemVerilog/UVM, cocotb, or Python-based testbench environments
Understanding of coverage metrics: functional coverage modeling, code coverage analysis, and assertion-based verification methodology
Lab skills for hardware validation: automated measurements, statistical data analysis, and correlation of lab results with simulation
Adversarial mindset for systematically exploring corner cases, protocol violations, and error injection scenarios others miss
BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Nice-to-haves

Experience with formal verification methods applied to critical design blocks with hard correctness requirements
Familiarity with emulation or FPGA prototyping for pre-silicon software development and system-level validation
Knowledge of safety-critical verification processes such as ISO 26262 or DO-254 and their documentation requirements
Experience with requirements management tools like Jama or DOORS and traceability workflows