Viasat · 14 hours ago
Design Verification Engineer - Viasat Government
Marlborough, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$127K/yr - $200K/yr
5+ years expViasat is a company focused on delivering advanced communication solutions globally. The Design Verification Engineer will be responsible for verifying the functional correctness and robustness of RTL for FPGA-based secure communications systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop effective test plans and maintain the verification environment.
Telecom & CommunicationsInternetOptical CommunicationTelecommunications
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Own the verification of custom RTL blocks, subsystems, and full FPGA-level functionality
Work with RTL design engineers and system architects to define verification plans based on system specifications, design goals, and use cases
Develop and maintain verification environment in SystemVerilog/UVM including constrained-random, directed, and system-level testbenches
Develop and maintain stimulus generators, drivers, monitors, scoreboards, sequences, and model predictors for a variety of interfaces
Work closely with RTL design engineers to triage and resolve bugs, owning and driving technical issues to resolution
Collect and report code and functional coverage
Maintain regular simulation regressions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field
5+ years experience in hardware verification using SystemVerilog/UVM
Proven success verifying complex RTL designs in industry-standard flows, including creation and maintenance of verification environment, test benches, and test cases
Proficient in SystemVerilog, UVM, and common simulation and debug tools including Siemens Questa
Experience with Object Oriented Programming
Experience with industry standard EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, and/or Mentor)
Foundational knowledge of digital logic and timing considerations
Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to work with a geographically distributed team
Attention to detail, ability to follow process and coding guidelines, participate in code reviews and accept feedback
Desire to be a member of a team, collaborating on large system designs
Work independently, take initiative, and take ownership of tasks and results
US citizenship required
Active United States Secret Security Clearance
Ability to travel up to 10%
Preferred
MSEE or MSCE degree preferred
Experience with Programmable Logic EDA tools, including AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus, and Microchip Libero
Experience with the FPGA design process, from the requirements phase to documentation, design, implementation of source code, place & route, testing in hardware, and integration
Familiarity with TCL, Perl, Python or another scripting language
Experience with high-speed interfaces like SERDES, DDR2/3/4, LVDS
Proven experience in debugging, diagnosing, and solving embedded designs issues
Experience and familiarity with Linux-based development environments
Benefits
A range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Viasat
Viasat is a global communications company that offers satellite services.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.16BKey Investors
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2024-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $1.98B
2023-09-13Post Ipo Debt· $733.4M
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