Sr Verification Engineer IP verification

Sr Verification Engineer IP verification Overview

Arm’s Systems team develops advanced IP and subsystem solutions for a wide range of product areas, with a strong focus on AI-related use cases. The team brings together the latest IP from Arm and external vendors to build solutions used across mobile, server, IoT, automotive, and other markets. This opening is for an IP verification engineer who enjoys tackling complex technical problems and wants to help ensure that sophisticated hardware blocks work correctly together and with the software stack around them.

The role is centered on verifying and testing demanding IP such as crypto accelerators, hardware DVFS components, PCIe controllers, and interconnect fabrics. The aim is to make sure these blocks behave as intended individually and as part of larger systems, enabling Arm’s partners to create robust, high-quality products.

What you will do

• Build verification plans for the assigned IP, including the test strategy and the specific checks needed to validate functionality.
• Define and document the methodology that will be used to verify the design effectively.
• Create C-based software tests as well as SystemVerilog and Verilog testbenches and test cases.
• Investigate failing tests, diagnose issues, and debug verification problems to identify the underlying cause.
• Work with project managers and technical leads to organize tasks, agree schedules, and provide progress updates.
• Collaborate with specialists across architecture, design, implementation, modelling, performance analysis, silicon validation, FPGA work, and board development.
• Contribute to the verification of complex IP blocks including security-related accelerators, power-management logic, PCIe, and interconnect components.
• Help ensure the IP integrates cleanly with software and with other hardware blocks so that partners can build dependable systems.

What we are looking for

• Solid experience using Verilog and SystemVerilog for digital hardware verification.
• Practical knowledge of at least one major verification approach, such as UVM, formal methods, or power-aware verification.
• Experience with SoC verification that includes low-level embedded programming, especially C/C++ tests and assembly language, ideally on ARM platforms.
• Exposure to the full verification process, from requirements gathering through planning, implementation, test creation, documentation, and support.
• Strong troubleshooting ability and a methodical approach to debugging.
• Understanding of IP and SoC verification flows and the broader verification strategy.
• Experience with ARM-based builds and/or ARM system architecture.
• Knowledge of clock-domain-crossing verification techniques.
• Experience with GLS and DFT/DFD.
• Experience with UPF and power-aware verification.
• Ability to automate tasks using shell scripting or scripting languages such as Tcl, Perl, or Python.
• Interest in exploring AI-based methods for digital verification.
• Preferred experience with formal verification tools such as JasperGold or VC Formal.
• Preferred background in hardware security and cryptographic algorithms.
• Preferred understanding of machine learning and how it may be used in verification workflows.
• Preferred familiarity with ARM’s proprietary tools and working environments.

What Arm offers

You will join a team of committed engineers working on technically ambitious IP that must meet very high standards. The environment is collaborative, and the company emphasizes innovation, strong engineering quality, and the chance to develop and implement new ideas. Arm also highlights growth and support as part of the experience of working there.

The compensation for this position is £73,500 to £99,500 per year.

Arm’s benefits philosophy includes support for health and wellbeing, help with work-life balance, financial rewards, and opportunities for professional and personal development. The company also describes its office culture as collaborative and supportive, with a strong sense of teamwork and shared purpose.

Working arrangement

Arm uses a hybrid working model intended to support both strong performance and personal wellbeing. The company values face-to-face collaboration while also recognizing the importance of flexibility. Teams are given the ability to shape their own hybrid patterns based on the work and the needs of the group. The exact arrangement for this role will be explained during the application process. In some locations, flexibility may be limited by legal, regulatory, tax, or other local considerations, and Arm will work with candidates to find the best possible solution.

Additional information

No relocation package is available for this position.

If Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is required, Arm will pay the employer-side sponsorship costs. However, the successful candidate is responsible for any personal visa-related charges, including application fees and the Immigration Health Surcharge.

Arm is an equal opportunity employer and provides a respectful workplace where applicants and employees are treated fairly regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

If you need an adjustment or accommodation during recruitment, you can contact Arm at [email protected]. Requests are handled confidentially, and support may include things such as extra breaks during interviews, having documents read aloud, or help with office accessibility.

Arm encourages people who are curious, ambitious, and eager to make a broad impact to apply. The company describes its culture as one that values bold thinking, fast learning, collaboration, and turning ideas into real technology that can reach millions of people.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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