Design Verification Engineer

Job description

Senior CPU Design Verification Engineer - Cambridge (Onsite)

We are supporting a leading semiconductor technology organisation developing next-generation CPUs, GPUs, and low-power SoC platforms used across high-performance computing, consumer electronics, and wearable devices.

Role Responsibilities

• Work closely with CPU and SoC Architects to understand architectural concepts and system-level requirements
• Develop detailed verification strategies, test plans, and coverage models
• Build scalable and reusable verification environments, including stimulus, checkers, assertions, trackers, and coverage
• Execute verification plans covering design bring-up, regression, and debug
• Track and report verification progress using coverage, bug metrics, and feature readiness
• Take ownership of a block or functional domain within the CPU design
• Provide technical guidance and support to junior verification engineers where required

Required Experience

• Strong background in CPU or microprocessor design verification
• Deep knowledge of CPU micro-architecture concepts such as:
• Cache coherence
• Memory ordering & consistency
• Speculative execution
• Address translation / MMU
• Experience with random instruction sequencing (RIS)
• Proven ability to verify designs at block, subsystem, and chip level
• Proficiency in SystemVerilog, UVM, assertions, and coverage-driven verification

Desirable

• Experience leading or mentoring verification engineers
• Exposure to formal verification and/or post-silicon bring-up
• Familiarity with industry-standard simulators, waveform viewers, and formal tools

In accordance with local employment laws, applicants must have current, valid authorisation to work in Germany at the time of application. We are unable to sponsor employment visas for this role. Applications from individuals without existing work authorisation for the UK cannot be considered.

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Cambridgeshire

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

14-01-2026

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English