Design Verification Engineers
UVM Architects and DV Leads with Verification Closure Experience
Block-to-chip-level design verification using UVM, SystemVerilog, and formal methods. Principal DV engineers who have achieved functional coverage closure on complex SoC programs.
What they do
Verification Closure, Not Just Testbench Construction
Principal DV engineers at Game 7 have owned verification plans and driven coverage closure on complex subsystems. Not just inherited a testbench and run regression. They write UVM testbench architecture from scratch, define coverage models that actually catch bugs, and drive sign-off.
They've debugged RTL bugs found by constrained-random after 50 million simulation cycles and written the assertions that prevent them from regressing. They know what 'functionally verified' means and what it takes to get there on a real program.
Scope of work
- UVM testbench architecture for block, subsystem, and chip-level verification
- Constrained-random stimulus generation and coverage model development
- Formal property verification and assertion-based verification (JasperGold, Questa Formal)
- Functional coverage closure and coverage-driven verification planning
- Simulation regression management, triage, and debug
- Protocol verification (AMBA AXI/AHB, PCIe, USB, DDR/LPDDR, MIPI CSI/DSI)
- Mixed-signal and analog/digital interface verification (VIP integration)
- Emulation and prototyping support (Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu)
Tools & Technologies
The stack our DV engineers actually ship in.
Program context
Verification Depth Across Every Program Type
AI accelerator verification centers on dataflow correctness, memory consistency, and model-level golden reference comparison. Not just protocol compliance. Automotive SoC verification (ASIL-B/D) adds fault injection, safety mechanism validation, and formal property checking that aren't standard in consumer chip flows. CPU and GPU verification involves ISA compliance, micro-op retirement correctness, and multi-threaded coherence. Some of the most complex verification challenges in the industry.
Networking chip DV demands high-fidelity traffic modeling and latency/throughput measurement. Our DV engineers have closed verification on programs across all of these domains.
FAQ
Common Questions on Design Verification Engineers Staffing
What is a UVM architect vs. a DV engineer?+
A UVM architect designs the verification infrastructure. The testbench hierarchy, agent structure, scoreboard architecture, and coverage model. Before a single test is written. A DV engineer typically works within an existing testbench, writing tests and closing coverage on assigned blocks. Principal DV engineers at Game 7 can do both: they've built UVM environments from scratch and know when to extend what exists versus when to rebuild.
What's the difference between block-level and full-chip DV?+
Block-level DV verifies an individual IP block in isolation. A PCIe controller, a DMA engine. Full-chip DV integrates those blocks and verifies system-level behavior: coherence, power state transitions, interrupt handling across subsystems, memory map correctness. Full-chip DV engineers need to understand the entire SoC architecture. Our full-chip DV placements at Marvell, Microsoft, and Meta are engineers who have operated at this level.
Can Game 7 staff formal verification engineers specifically?+
Yes. We place engineers who specialize in formal property verification using JasperGold and Questa Formal. Both for standalone formal proofs and for hybrid formal/simulation methodologies. Formal verification is increasingly demanded for safety-critical automotive SoCs (ISO 26262) and for proving security-critical hardware properties that constrained-random can't reliably cover.
How does Game 7 assess DV engineer seniority?+
We evaluate DV engineers on three axes: (1) testbench architecture ownership. Did they build it or inherit it? (2) coverage closure experience. Have they debugged and closed functional coverage on a real program? (3) domain depth. Which protocol VIPs have they written or integrated, and at what complexity level? We do not count years of experience as a proxy.
Related disciplines
Cross-Links Across the Team
SystemVerilog RTL Designers with Tape-Out Experience
The design engineers your DV team is verifying.
DFT Engineers →Design for Test Engineers with Chip-Level DFT Ownership Experience
DFT-DV engineers who verify scan insertion and test coverage.
Physical Design Engineers →Floorplan, P&R, STA, and Signoff Engineers for Advanced Process Nodes
Completing the front-to-back team for your SoC.
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