Senior Digital Verification Engineer (AI/Security)

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor technologies, including security-focused hardware and cryptographic solutions.

What you will do

• Lead verification of post-quantum cryptography IP, secure SoC subsystems, roots of trust, and cryptographic accelerators.
• Define verification strategies using AI-driven automation, constrained-random verification, and metrics-driven verification.
• Architect and scale SystemVerilog/UVM environments for IP- and subsystem-level validation.
• Drive functional and code coverage closure through data-driven test analysis and prioritization.
• Develop SystemVerilog Assertions for protocol checking and early defect detection.
• Collaborate with design and architecture teams, while mentoring verification engineers.

Requirements

• BSc or MSc degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with SystemVerilog for testbench development and verification.
• Proven expertise in UVM, including components, sequences, drivers, monitors, and scoreboards.
• Practical experience with constrained-random verification, metrics-driven verification, and verification planning.
• Ability to write SystemVerilog Assertions and achieve coverage closure across functional and code coverage metrics.
• Strong debugging skills across simulations and complex verification environments.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of formal verification methods.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on security technologies supporting future cybersecurity platforms.
• Contribute to AI-assisted RTL understanding, test explanation, conversational debug, coverage closure, and test prioritization.
• Take ownership of complex projects from concept through silicon.
• Help shape verification tools, workflows, and technical direction within a growing competence centre.