Director

About the Company

Techlabs Semiconductor Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Trident Techlabs Limited, a leading provider of semiconductor services offering comprehensive end-to-end solutions across design, verification, validation, testing, Systems Design, manufacturing and AI. We serve a diverse range of industries, including Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Semiconductor, Telecommunications, Defence, Armed forces and Industrial Automation.

About Role:

We are seeking a highly experienced Design Verification Engineers to oversee and drive the verification strategy, planning, and execution for complex SoC/ASIC designs. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in functional verification methodologies, proven leadership in verification team management, and hands-on experience in product companies as well as design services organizations.

The candidate should possess strong technical, managerial, and communication skills to interact with cross-functional teams including design, architecture, firmware, and validation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Verification Strategy & Planning

• Define and own the end-to-end verification strategy for SoC/ASIC IPs and subsystems.
• Develop test plans, coverage metrics, verification environments, and closure criteria.
• Evaluate and implement state-of-the-art methodologies (UVM, SystemVerilog, formal verification, etc.).
• Drive verification methodology standardization across multiple projects.

2. Project & Team Leadership

• Lead a team of verification engineers (on-site and offshore).
• Plan project schedules, resource allocation, and task prioritization.
• Ensure high-quality deliverables with on-time execution.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers in technical and career development.

3. Hands-on Technical Contribution

• Architect and develop UVM-based verification environments and reusable testbench components.
• Perform testbench integration, debug, simulation, and coverage analysis.
• Drive coverage closurefunctional, code, and assertion-based.
• Conduct and participate in code and test plan reviews.
• Collaborate with RTL design and architecture teams for issue resolution and feature clarification.

4. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with DFT, validation, firmware, and architecture teams to ensure complete verification coverage.
• Interface with customers (for design services role) to define verification requirements, delivery schedules, and expectations.
• Provide technical presentations and updates to internal and external stakeholders.

5. Process & Quality Ownership

• Establish and enforce verification best practices, version control, and regression management processes.
• Ensure compliance with project quality and sign-off standards.
• Participate in post-silicon validation planning and support bring-up activities when required.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, and Assertion-Based Verification (ABV).
• Proficient in coverage-driven verification and random/constrained-random testbench development.
• Experience with industry-standard EDA tools (e.g., Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens QuestaSim).
• Exposure to Formal Verification and Emulation/FPGA-based verification flows.
• Understanding of SoC architectures, bus protocols (AMBA AXI/AHB/APB, PCIe, UCIe, Ethernet, DDR, etc.), and low-power verification (UPF/CPF).
• Familiarity with Scripting Languages (Perl, Python, Tcl, Shell) for automation.
• Working knowledge of version control systems (Git, Perforce) and CI/CD verification flows.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in full chip verification and multi-IP SoC integration.
• Exposure to AI/ML, automotive, networking, or high-performance computing SoCs.
• Proven experience in both product-based and design services organizations.
• Knowledge of hardware-software co-verification and SystemC/TLM modeling is a plus.
• Familiarity with post-silicon validation and lab bring-up environments.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electronics & Electrical with VLSI background
• Additional certifications or training in verification methodologies or EDA tools preferred.

Soft Skills & Leadership Qualities

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Capable of managing distributed and multicultural teams.
• Strategic thinker with an eye for innovation and process improvement.
• Proven track record of mentoring and building high-performing teams.