Verification Lead / Principal Verification Engineer - PCIe Gen5/Gen6

Location: San Jose, CA

Experience: 10+ Years

Job Type: Contract / Long-Term

Job Summary

We are seeking a Verification Lead / Principal Verification Engineer with strong hands-on experience in PCIe Gen5/Gen6 verification to lead end-to-end verification of PCIe Controller and Subsystem IP.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in PCIe protocol, UVM, SystemVerilog, LTSSM, PIPE, PHY/SerDes, assertions, coverage closure, emulation, and protocol compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own PCIe Gen5/Gen6 verification strategy, planning, execution, and signoff.
• Review PCIe architecture, microarchitecture, specifications, and RTL.
• Develop and architect reusable UVM-based verification environments.
• Verify PCIe Transaction Layer, Data Link Layer, Physical Layer, and PIPE interfaces.
• Develop test plans, testcases, scoreboards, assertions, and coverage models.
• Verify LTSSM, link training, equalization, recovery, speed changes, and lane-width changes.
• Verify Controller-to-PHY integration and PCIe protocol compliance.
• Drive functional, code, assertion, and cross-coverage closure.
• Support IP, subsystem, and SoC-level verification.
• Support emulation, post-silicon debug, and silicon validation.
• Lead and mentor verification engineers.
• Collaborate with Architecture, RTL Design, DFT, Firmware, Physical Design, PHY, and Validation teams.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of ASIC/SoC Design Verification experience.
• Strong hands-on PCIe Gen5/Gen6 verification experience.
• Deep understanding of PCIe Transaction, Data Link, and Physical Layers.
• Strong knowledge of LTSSM, PIPE, link training, equalization, and recovery.
• Expert-level SystemVerilog and UVM.
• Strong SVA/assertion-based verification experience.
• Functional, code, assertion, and cross-coverage experience.
• PCIe Controller-to-PHY/SerDes integration experience.
• SR-IOV and advanced PCIe features preferred.
• Emulation experience with Veloce, Palladium, or ZeBu preferred.
• Strong technical leadership and communication skills.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.

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