Lead IP Verification Engineer Job Listing at AMD in Hyderabad, TS (Job ID 87673-en-us)

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Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Engineer to lead a team responsible for verification of high-speed PHY IPs. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in digital design verification with strong leadership skills to drive execution, mentor engineers, and deliver high-quality verification solutions for next-generation PHY technologies.

This role requires close collaboration with Design, Architecture, AMS, Firmware, Physical Design, and Program Management teams to ensure first-pass silicon success.

Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership

• Lead verification of complex high-speed PHY IPs such as DDR, LPDDR, PCIe, CXL, UCIe, Ethernet, USB, or SerDes.
• Own verification planning from architecture review through silicon bring-up support.
• Develop comprehensive verification strategies including:
  • Test plans
  • Functional coverage
  • Assertion-based verification
  • Constrained-random verification
  • Formal verification where applicable
• Drive verification closure using coverage, bug convergence, and quality metrics.
• Review verification architecture, testbench design, and coding standards.
• Debug complex design and verification issues spanning digital, analog, and firmware interfaces.

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor a team of verification engineers.
• Plan project execution, priorities, and resource allocation.
• Conduct technical reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Drive engineering excellence through best practices, reusable methodologies, and automation.
• Foster a collaborative, learning-oriented engineering culture.
• Coach engineers on career growth and technical development.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner closely with

• Design Engineers
• AMS Engineers
• Firmware Engineers
• Physical Design
• Architecture
• Emulation/Validation
• Program Management

to ensure alignment across all project phases.

Participate in architecture reviews to improve verification readiness early in the development cycle.

Methodology Development

Drive adoption and continuous improvement of

• UVM methodology
• SystemVerilog
• Assertion-based verification
• Regression infrastructure
• Coverage-driven verification
• CI/CD verification flows
• AI-assisted verification productivity
• Verification automation frameworks

Promote IP reuse and standardized verification environments across projects.

Project Execution

• Estimate verification effort and schedules.
• Track milestones and execution risks.
• Drive timely issue resolution.
• Report project status using measurable quality metrics.
• Support silicon validation and customer issue debugging when required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of ASIC/SoC verification experience.
• Experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers.
• Strong expertise in:
  • SystemVerilog
  • UVM
  • Assertions (SVA)
  • Functional coverage
  • Constrained-random verification
• Strong debugging skills.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Tcl.
• Experience with industry-standard simulators and regression environments.

Preferred Experience

Experience verifying one or more of:

• DDR5/LPDDR5/LPDDR6 PHY
• UCIe PHY
• PCIe Gen5/Gen6
• Ethernet PHY
• USB4
• Display PHY
• SerDes

 

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