Senior ASIC Verification Engineer (Networking ASIC)

Location: Hybrid role based in Sunnyvale, California, with an expectation of working in the office 2 days per week

Salary: USD 153,500–310,500 annual base salary in California; variable incentives may also be offered.

Company

A global edge-to-cloud technology company developing networking hardware, software, routers, switches, and high-speed silicon solutions.

What you will do

• Own block-level or subsystem verification from test planning through comprehensive coverage closure.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain UVM environments, including agents, sequences, scoreboards, virtual sequences, and register models.
• Perform constraint-driven random testing and verify functional coverage and SVA assertion goals.
• Analyze simulation results and debug complex SoC designs using Cadence Xcelium, Synopsys VCS, Mentor Questa, and waveform tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and deliver high-quality ASIC and SoC designs.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in ASIC or SoC verification, with ownership from test planning through coverage closure.
• Strong expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM, including building verification environments from scratch.
• Deep understanding of randomization, constraints, functional coverage, and assertions using SVA.
• Hands-on experience with test planning, coverage analysis, and debugging complex SoC designs.
• Proficiency with Cadence Xcelium, Synopsys VCS, Mentor Questa, and waveform debugging.

Nice to have

• Experience verifying networking ASICs, packet processing, forwarding engines, fabric interfaces, high-speed interconnects, buffers, or scheduling pipelines.
• Experience with emulation, hardware acceleration, traffic-model integration, coverage analytics, regression dashboards, or Jenkins-based continuous integration.
• Knowledge of UPF low-power verification, formal verification, post-silicon bring-up, and debug.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, financial, and emotional wellbeing benefits for employees and their families.
• Personal and professional development programs supporting career growth and specialization.
• Inclusive work environment focused on innovation, teamwork, empowerment, and customer success.
• Flexible support for managing work and personal needs.