Principal Verification Engineer (FPGA)

Location: Dublin, Ireland; travel required 0%–25%

Company

hirify.global is a large semiconductor technology company developing products and solutions that power electronic systems worldwide.

What you will do

• Verify complex SoC subsystems using constrained-random, formal, and C-based verification methodologies.
• Develop and maintain reusable UVM-based testbenches and verification environments.
• Perform RTL, power-aware, gate-level, emulation, hardware prototyping, and post-silicon verification.
• Apply AI/ML-enabled verification methodologies and automate verification flows.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, emulation, and hardware prototyping teams to establish unified verification methods and support first-silicon success.
• Mentor junior verification engineers.

Requirements

• 8+ years of functional verification experience with complex SoC designs.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, formal verification, methodology development, and tool automation.
• Experience with AI/ML-driven EDA tools, scripting, and ARM or RISC-V SoC architectures.
• Expertise in at least two relevant domains, including CPU subsystems, PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, MIPI, Ethernet MAC, USB, or security and cryptography IP.
• Experience with emulation, FPGA-based acceleration platforms, hardware prototyping, simulation/emulation flows, and post-silicon debug.
• Proficiency in Python, TCL/TK, C/C++, verification tool suites, and revision control systems such as Git or Perforce.

Nice to have

• Strong understanding of FPGA architecture.
• Experience with coverage-driven verification using ML-based optimizations.
• Knowledge of the complete SoC RTL-to-GDS-to-silicon release flow.
• BS or MS in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a large global organization focused on technology innovation.
• Access to employee development and leadership growth programs.
• Culture emphasizing trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, communication, and collaboration.
• Opportunity to work with global cross-functional teams.