Palo Alto Networks · 1 day ago
Principal ASIC Design Verification Engineer (NetSec)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$235K/yr - $260K/yr
5+ years expPalo Alto Networks is committed to protecting our digital way of life through innovative cybersecurity solutions. As a Principal ASIC Design Verification Engineer, you will lead the verification of ASICs for next-generation firewall products, ensuring they meet high standards for performance and reliability.
Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity
Hiring Manager
Chris Hortline
Responsibilities
Collaborate with engineers in software, architecture, design, and verification teams to create comprehensive pre-silicon verification plans across simulation, emulation, and formal verification
Plan and execute every aspect of simulation test plans using sophisticated coverage-driven, constrained-random methodologies
Develop flows, methodologies, and infrastructure for emulation - Create, run, and debug emulation tests in close collaboration with system architects, software engineers, and ASIC designers
Define new tools and methodologies to continuously improve quality and velocity
Create powerful programs in Python to automate triage, coverage closure, and metrics-driven verification
Qualification
Required
BS in EE, CE, or CS required or equivalent military experience required
Minimum 5 years experience in ASIC design verification
Demonstrated success in taking multiple ASIC products from concept to mass production
Expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM
Technical strength in defining test plans, including comprehensive adversarial testing
Technical strength in developing rich functional coverage models
Technical strength in creating powerful and scalable test benches
Technical strength in implementing sophisticated self-checking infrastructure with reference models and scoreboards
Technical strength in developing reusable constrained-random tests
Technical strength in debugging failures
Technical strength in closing coverage
Skilled in writing powerful, modular, and scalable programs in Python, Perl, and UNIX shell to automate verification tasks, especially regression testing
Demonstrated ownership and independence in planning, debugging complex failures, closing metrics-driven tasks, driving vendors, and reporting status
Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills
Preferred
MSEE preferred
Experience in networking and cyber security
Experience in formal property verification
Experience in silicon validation - bringup, test, debug, and regression
Experience in creating models in Python and C/C++
Experience in writing driver code in C
Benefits
Restricted stock units
Bonus
Company
Palo Alto Networks
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$65MKey Investors
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2008-11-03Series C· $10M
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