Principal Functional Verification Engineer
Pubblicato il 13-08-2026 - Openchip And Software Technologies in Roma
The Role: As a Functional Verification Principal Engineer, you will be interfacing with architecture, de-sign, physical implementation and software teams in order to make sure that the systems are performing to the highest level. Your work will involve high-level modelling, UVM, HW/SW Co-Debug, Simulation Acceleration support.
Key Responsibilities
- Reading and analysing the system requirements and architecture requirement documents.
- Developing detailed Test and Coverage plans based on the Architecture and Micro-architec-ture.
- Developing Verification Methodology, ensuring scalability and portability across environ-ments.
- Developing Verification environment development and maintenance in SystemVeri-log/UVM/SystemC/C++, including all the respective components such as Stimulus, Checkers, Assertions, Trackers, and Coverage.
- Executing Verification Plans, including Design Bring-up, DV environment Bring-up, Regres-sions and Debug of the test failures.
- Using the standard tools and flows of the verification process (Simulators, Coverage Analyz-ers, Unix, Continuous Integration, Bug Tracking, …).
- Create and execute testcases to verify the functionality, performance, and robustness in em-bedded C and SV.
- Identify, isolate, and debug issues found during verification, leveraging simulation and debug-ging tools to root-cause failures and drive resolution with design and architecture teams.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to achieve verification closure, conducting coverage analysis, bug tracking, and regression testing to ensure the quality and completeness of verifi-cation activities.
- Organize work and deliverables between skills, internal and external teams.
- Mentoring and training the next generation of verification engineers.
- Coordinating functional verification teams.
Required Skills and Experience
- Master Degree in relevant field.
- Min 15 years of experience in relevant field of Verification of complex SoC or IP - Experience in o SystemVerilog/UVM o SystemC/C++ - Experience in Constrained random, Functional Coverage development, design debug.
- Experience in Formal Verification, UPF.
- Experience in HW-SW co-verification and simulation.
- Some previous experience in Firmware based verification is a good to have.
- Some knowledge of scripting languages like Bash/Perl/Python.
- Use of verification management tools.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to effectively analyze and resolve complex verification issues.
- Good level of English, both written and spoken is mandatory.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Firmware-based verification.
- Knowledge in metrics-driven verification.
- Insights of NOC and other IPs or standard peripherals like PCIe, DDR, HBM … Soft skills:
- Team player, able to work with multiple cultures both on site and remotely.
- Autonomous and flexible is mandatory.
- Strong Leadership and Communication abilities. What do we offer?
- Join an innovative team and experience company growth.
- We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers.
- Enjoy a hybrid work environment.
- We also offer flexible schedule.
- We offer a remuneration that values your experience.
- The position will have the base in Rome. We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world. If you feel identified with Openchip, please contact us. We can offer a competitive compensation package in a flexible work schema that will help you to keep a balance between your personal and professional life. At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L., we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential – regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.