ASIC Digital Design, Principal Engineer

Our Hardware Engineers at Synopsys are responsible for designing and developing cutting-edge semiconductor solutions. They work on intricate tasks such as chip architecture, circuit design, and verification to ensure the efficiency and reliability of semiconductor products. These engineers play a crucial role in advancing technology and enabling innovations in various industries.

Our team develops high-speed silicon IP solutions with a primary focus on PCIe PHY technology. These IPs enable customers to integrate advanced connectivity into SoCs faster while meeting demanding performance, power, area, and reliability targets. We are looking for a senior verification leader to drive the strategy, execution, and quality of next-generation PCIe PHY IP verification.

You are an experienced ASIC Verification Engineer with a strong track record of delivering high-quality mixed-signal IP products, especially high-speed SerDes-based PHYs. You bring deep expertise in digital verification methodologies and have strong domain knowledge in PCIe PHY architectures, link behavior, LTSSM, power management, equalization, and interoperability requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the verification strategy and functional quality for next-generation PCIe PHY IPs.
• Develop comprehensive verification plans for complex mixed-signal digital designs with primary emphasis on PCIe PHY functionality and protocol compliance.
• Architect, develop, and execute advanced testbench environments for block-level and subsystem-level verification.
• Verify key PCIe PHY features such as LTSSM behavior, PIPE interface interactions, link initialization and training, power management, equalization flows, error handling, and compliance-related scenarios.
• Work closely with design, analog, firmware, architecture, and validation teams to ensure robust coverage of cross-functional use cases.
• Use advanced verification methodologies, including constrained-random, assertion-based verification, coverage-driven verification, and debug automation, to achieve high-quality results.
• Analyze failures, root-cause complex issues, and drive resolution across design and verification domains.
• Mentor and guide other engineers, promote verification best practices, and help build a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders and customers to align on technical goals, verification quality, and deliverables.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in mixed-signal ASIC/IP verification.
• Strong expertise in PCIe and PCIe PHY verification.
• Solid understanding of high-speed SerDes/PHY architecture and digital control verification in mixed-signal environments.
• Hands-on experience with modern verification methodologies such as SystemVerilog, UVM, assertions, and coverage-driven verification.
• Experience developing verification plans, building reusable verification environments, and closing coverage for complex IP products.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and drive issues to closure.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working across global, cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead technical verification activities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family.
• In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs.
• Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more.
• Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24-month look-back.
• Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country.
• Competitive salaries.