Hardware Verification Engineer

ROLE: Hardware Verification Engineer LOCATION: Hemel Hempstead, UK (Hybrid Preferred | Remote Considered) CONTRACT: Contract | Outside IR35 (both options available) HOURLY: Negotiable About the company: A leading-edge tech company developing next-gen silicon IP across compute, graphics, AI, communications, memory, and security, enabling tomorrow’s innovations across key industries. They are expanding their UK-based engineering team and hiring multiple ASIC Design Engineers (mid-level to senior architect). About the role: As a Hardware Verification Engineer, you will be a key part of our engineering team, ensuring our complex RISC-V-based systems are robust, high-performing, and built to scale. What you will be doing: • Creating and executing thorough verification plans for complex hardware designs • Developing SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches for functional verification • Running directed and constrained-random tests • Maintaining regression suites to validate design quality • Supporting system-level performance validation • Debugging design issues and working closely with design engineers • Using formal verification techniques when appropriate Requirements: • 5 years of hands-on experience in hardware verification (preferably in SoCs) • Strong skills in SystemVerilog and UVM • Experience with modern verification tools (ABV, CDV, etc.) • Bonus: Experience with GPU, vector processors, or AI accelerators • Bonus: Familiarity with RISC-V architecture • Strong debugging and analytical skills • Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL) • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar Why join our client: • Be part of a forward-thinking company at the forefront of open hardware • Work on meaningful, next-gen GPU and AI projects • Collaborate with a passionate, expert team • Enjoy a flexible, innovative work culture

Location: Hertfordshire, GB

Posted Date: 5/16/2025