Senior Digital Design and Verification Engineer

Synthara
Zürich, Switzerland
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Zürich, Switzerland

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
ARM
Logic Synthesis of Circuits
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Python
Log Analysis
Reduced Instruction Set Computing
SystemVerilog
Tcl (Programming Language)
Application Specific Integrated Circuits
Backend

Job description

Own the design and verification of part of our digital IP portfolio that wraps and integrates our compute-in-memory technology(ComputeRAM®): clean, synthesis-ready SystemVerilog RTL, plus UVM environments that reach coverage closure and de-risk silicon. You'll specify and build register/bus interfaces, DMA, and control logic. Expect tight collaboration with custom design, backend, and software teams to hit PPA, coverage, and time-to-tapeout simultaneously., * Tape-in of one or more IPs (or a subsystem) with coverage goals met (functional/code/assertion) and lint/CDC/RDC clean sign-off packages.

  • Demonstrated GLS/SDF pass on the IP's top-risk paths and correlation to FPGA results; Achieve sign-off quality.
  • A reusable UVM kit (agents/sequences/scoreboards) and CI scripts that cut regression time and raise pass-rate stability across projects.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Writing skills?, * 5+ years in digital design or verification for ASIC; strong SystemVerilog RTL and basic understanding of UVM

  • Hands-on experience with either RISC-V or ARM architectures, either as a system-level integrator or as a designer.
  • Knowledge of synthesis basics and how RTL choices impact timing/power/area
  • Clear technical communication, ability to work with structured specs, and habit of turning one-off designs into reusable components., * Experience verifying memory-adjacent IP (SRAM controllers/periphery, MBIST/scan integration) and power-aware/UPF simulation flows.
  • AMBA (AXI/AHB/APB) protocols, clock/reset schemes, CDC handshakes, FIFOs, arbiters; comfortable writing SVAs.
  • GLS proficiency (SDF back-annotation), familiarity with FPGA bring-up and HW/SW test harnesses.
  • Python/Tcl for stimulus generation, log parsing, coverage triage
  • Background in AI/DSP accelerators or quantized dataflows (helpful context for CxR use-cases).

Benefits & conditions

  • Implement RTL: memory-mapped control blocks, AXI/AHB/APB bridges, FIFOs/scoreboards, arbiters, DMA, and datapaths; write synthesis-friendly code with a clear reset/CDC strategy.
  • Extreme optimization for power, with a power-driven mindset and approach to design
  • Develop UVM testbenches (agents, sequencers, predictors, scoreboards); drive constrained-random + directed testing; close coverage (func/code/assertion).
  • GLS: run gate-level sims with SDF for critical paths; support FPGA prototypes for early HW/SW bring-up.
  • Documentation & specs: write IP/user guides, register maps, programming models; contribute reusable UVM components and regression infrastructure for the team.

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