Design Verification Engineer (Digital Design) (m/f/x)

Your Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining verification plans based on use cases, functional requirements, and technical specifications in close collaboration with Digital Design, Analog/RF Design, Firmware, and System Engineering.
• Translating system, architecture, and block requirements into test scenarios, corner cases, assertions, checkers, and coverage targets.
• Reviewing specifications for completeness, consistency, clarity, and verifiability, as well as identifying missing requirements and undefined edge cases.
• Design and implementation of simulation-based verification environments for RTL as well as for digital and mixed-signal interfaces.
• Development of directed tests, constrained random tests, and regression tests using SystemVerilog, Python, cocotb, and C.
• Verification at the block and top-level in simulation and on FPGAs, as well as performing pre-tape-out netlist and SDF verification.
• Support for the verification of a multicore system based on the RISC-V architecture, including low- and high-speed peripherals, security functions, clock-domain crossings, power management, and low-power consumption requirements.
• Verification of the interaction between digital logic and analog/RF or mixed-signal blocks using appropriate behavioral models, particularly with regard to data formats, sampling relationships, quantization, saturation, latencies, and calibration procedures.
• Analysis of simulation results, waveforms, logs, assertions, transactions, and test data, as well as systematic identification of the causes of errors in the design, testbench, model, specification, or test environment.
• Documentation, technical evaluation, and tracking of defects in close collaboration with the digital design team.
• Analysis, improvement, and reporting of functional coverage and code coverage.
• Verification of RTL and netlists, as well as support for post-silicon validation, if required by the respective project.
• Maintenance of automated regression flows, CI-based test execution, and the associated reporting.
• Maintaining verification plans, test specifications, regression results, coverage reports, and defect documentation.
• Continuous improvement of verification methods, reusable components, review practices, and documentation standards.

Your Profile:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, microelectronics, computer engineering, computer science, or a comparable qualification.
• Several years of practical experience in digital design verification, ASIC/SoC verification, FPGA verification, or a comparable hardware verification field; typically, you have at least five years of relevant professional experience.
• A solid understanding of digital design fundamentals, particularly synchronous logic, finite-state machines, registers, memory, interfaces, timing, clocking, and reset behavior.
• Practical experience with SystemVerilog or a comparable hardware verification language.
• Experience in developing and maintaining verification plans, as well as in deriving test scenarios, corner cases, and acceptance criteria from technical specifications.
• Excellent methodical debugging skills in analyzing waveforms, logs, assertions, transactions, and test results.
• Experience with Python and cocotb, and ideally with C for test development, reference models, or test automation.
• You can systematically reproduce technical errors, narrow down their causes, and document the results with clear technical evidence.
• A structured, analytical, and solution-oriented approach to work, as well as a high degree of initiative and personal responsibility.
• You enjoy working closely with digital design, analog/RF design, firmware, and system engineering teams and can communicate technical matters clearly and precisely.
• Good written and spoken English skills for working in an international team.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with the verification of mixed-signal or RF interfaces, particularly ADC/DAC data paths, PLL control, clock generation, calibration, AGC, or RF control paths.
• Experience with behavioral modeling, such as SystemVerilog Real Number Modeling, Verilog-AMS, SystemC, MATLAB/Simulink, or comparable approaches.
• Experience with
  • assertions, functional coverage, code coverage, linting, CDC/RDC analysis, formal verification, or equivalence checking.
  • ASIC design flows, FPGA prototyping, emulation, tape-out preparation, or silicon bring-up.
  • UPF verification and low-power design.
  • Fixed-point data paths, quantization, saturation, dynamic range, and numerical reference models.
  • the definition or verification of hardware/software interfaces, register maps, and behavior visible to firmware.
  • Simulators, waveform viewers, version control, issue trackers, CI systems, and automated regression infrastructure.
• Knowledge of Tcl, Perl, C++, or other scripting and programming languages for test automation and regression analysis.

We offer:

Creative freedom & responsibility

• Ample creative freedom and genuine ownership instead of micromanagement
• Short decision-making paths and direct influence on strategic decisions
• A tangible contribution to the success of our product and company
• The opportunity to play a key role in a growing deep-tech company
• Contributing to a technology that can transform the future of wireless communication

Benefits

• Employer contribution toward the Deutschlandticket or DVB Jobticket in the amount of €55.10 per month
• Alternatively, an employer contribution toward the JobRad in the amount of €54.90 per month
• Unlimited free gym access right in the building
• Retirement plan and disability insurance with contributions ranging from €100 to €200 per month

Flexibility & Work Environment

• Flexible work hours with core hours from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• Hybrid work with a high degree of flexibility
• Modern hardware and professional work equipment
• Bright, modern office spaces in a central location in Dresden
• Ergonomically designed workstations

Team & Culture

• An international team with flat hierarchies and short lines of communication
• Direct interaction with management and technical decision-makers
• Colleagues who support one another and share knowledge
• Lunch breaks together and regular team events
• A corporate culture in which initiative and new ideas are expressly encouraged