Senior Design Verification Engineer
Silicon Labs•Austin, TX
•$124,600 - $231,400•Onsite
About The Position
As a Senior Design Verification Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the functional correctness and performance of digital modem designs used in Silicon Labs’ low-power wireless products. You will work closely with design, architecture, and system teams to develop verification strategies, build robust test environments, and debug complex issues across the PHY/MAC layers. This role offers the opportunity to contribute throughout the product lifecycle—from early design through silicon bring-up—while working on cutting-edge wireless technologies that power next-generation connected devices.
Requirements
- BSEE/CE or a related field
- Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals and verification concepts
- 3-6 years of experience in digital design verification, with a focus on modem or wireless PHY designs preferred
- Experience with SystemVerilog and UVM or similar verification methodologies
- Strong debugging skills with experience analyzing simulation results and identifying root causes
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python or Perl for automation
- Basic understanding of wireless communication systems or digital signal processing concepts
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
Nice To Haves
- Experience verifying wireless standards such as BLE, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, or similar technologies
- Experience with advanced verification techniques such as constrained-random, coverage-driven verification, and SystemVerilog assertions (SVA)
- Familiarity with C/C++ or MATLAB for algorithm modeling and reference model development
- Experience with mixed-signal or system-level verification, including co-simulation with analog/RF components
- Exposure to post-silicon validation, lab bring-up, and correlation with pre-silicon results
- Experience with low-power design verification and power-aware methodologies
Responsibilities
- Define and execute verification strategies for digital modem designs across key wireless use cases
- Develop and maintain scalable verification environments using SystemVerilog/UVM or similar methodologies
- Create test plans, test benches, and stimuli to achieve high functional and coverage closure
- Debug and analyze design issues, working closely with design and architecture teams to resolve them
- Track and drive functional and code coverage to ensure verification completeness
- Collaborate cross-functionally with firmware, validation, and system teams to ensure correct system behavior
- Support silicon bring-up and correlate pre-silicon verification with post-silicon results
- Continuously improve verification methodologies, tools, and automation workflows
Benefits
- Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental & vision plans
- Flexible vacation plan.
- Highly competitive salary
- 401k plan with match and Roth plan option
- Equity rewards (RSUs)
- Life/AD&D and disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Adoption assistance
- Back-Up childcare
- Commuter benefits
- Legal benefits
- Pet insurance
- 3 paid volunteer days per year
- Charitable contribution match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Monthly wellness offerings
- Free snacks
- Monthly company updates with our CEO
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
