Director - SoC Verification

Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering

In short

Synopsys seeks a Director - SoC Verification with deep expertise in SoC verification and organizational leadership to lead a multi-team verification organization. This role involves defining verification strategy, owning organizational planning, and partnering with sales teams to deliver complex SoC services to customers across various industries.

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a multi-team SoC verification organization delivering customer-facing services across automotive, aerospace, defense, and high-performance computing
Define and drive SSG verification strategy, including methodology standards, signoff criteria, VIP and tool deployment, and reusable testbench patterns adopted across projects
Own organizational planning including headcount, hiring, succession, performance management, and skill development to build scalable verification capability
Partner with sales and account teams to scope opportunities, assess technical and resource risk, prioritize work against capacity, and align delivery with customer and business objectives
Serve as executive-level technical authority on complex SoC verification challenges, escalations, and convergence across multi-protocol, multi-domain, and advanced-node designs
Establish clear accountability across verification managers and technical leads, and drive adoption of Synopsys VCS, Verdi, and VIP based on customer project learnings
Build and maintain executive customer relationships that enable long-term engagement growth and position Synopsys as the verification partner of choice for complex SoC programs

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 20+ years of hands-on SoC, subsystem, or IP verification experience, including significant leadership scope
Expert-level knowledge of UVM-based verification, coverage-driven closure, verification planning, and complex multi-domain debug across processor-based SoC architectures
Proven experience leading large verification organizations or multi-project teams through planning, delivery, and customer signoff in a services or product development environment
Deep working knowledge of protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, USB, DDR, and AMBA interconnects, and hands-on proficiency with Synopsys VCS, Verdi, and VIP
Demonstrated ability to build organizational structures with clear accountability, develop managers and technical leads, and partner with sales and senior customer stakeholders on scoping and escalations

Desired Qualifications

Experience with ARM-based SoC architectures, automotive functional safety verification, or emulation flows is a strong plus

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family.
In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs.
Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more.
Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24 month look-back.
Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country.
Competitive salaries.

Skills

PCIeEthernetUSBDDRAMBAVCSVerdiUVM

#Engineering#SoC Verification#Semiconductor

About Synopsys Inc

Smart, Secure Everything—From Silicon to Software Synopsys technology is at the heart of innovations that are changing the way we live and work. The Internet of Things. Autonomous cars. Wearables. Smart medical devices. Secure financial services. Machine learning and computer vision. These breakthroughs are ushering in the era of Smart, Secure Everything―where devices are getting smarter, everything’s connected, and everything must be secure. Powering this new era of technology are advanced silicon chips, which are made even smarter by the remarkable software that drives them. Synopsys is at…

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