Design Verification Engineer

Avanti Recruitment
London, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£50 – £60 ph

Salary

£50 – £60 ph

Job Type
Contract
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Remote
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
20 May 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Design Verification Engineer / DV Lead

Contract

Fully Remote

£50-60 per hour

We are looking for strong Individual Contributors who can work autonomously within complex verification environments while collaborating effectively across wider engineering teams.

This is a high-priority contract opportunity focused on complex next-generation verification projects involving PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, Ethernet, CXL and AMBA technologies within advanced HPC environments.

The Role

You will be responsible for developing and executing verification environments for high-performance controller technologies, contributing across the full verification lifecycle from planning through to debug and closure.

Key responsibilities include:

* Developing UVM/SystemVerilog based verification environments

* Creating and executing new verification test cases from scratch

* Verification of complex HPC protocols and controllers

* Debugging complex verification issues independently

* Working with protocol VIPs and advanced verification flows

* Supporting coverage closure and verification sign-off activities

* Collaborating with wider design and verification teams

Required Experience

* Minimum 8 years’ Design Verification experience

* Strong UVM and SystemVerilog expertise

* Experience verifying one or more of:

* PCIe

* CXL

* DDR/LPDDR

* High-Speed Ethernet

* AMBA peripherals

* Strong debugging and problem-solving capability

* Experience using protocol VIPs

* Ability to work independently within fast-paced engineering programmes

Desirable

* Experience within HPC or advanced semiconductor environments

* Previous work on controller verification projects

* DV Lead experience beneficial

Please send your latest CV for immediate consideration

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