Senior Design Verification Engineer Jobs in Virginia

Are you interested in verifying high-speed digital logic using the latest verification methodologies and technology. Amazon is expanding Amazon Web Services (AWS) connectivity and is looking for help.
AWS seeks a Verification Engineer with experience developing testbenches and verification environments for advanced FPGA and ASIC designs. They will help architect, develop, and execute scalable verification strategies within the AWS technology ecosystem.
If Arlington HQ (HQ2):
This role will sit in our new headquarters in Northern Virginia, where Amazon will invest $2.5 billion dollars, occupy 4 million square feet of energy efficient office space, and create at least 25,000 new full-time jobs

Our employees and the neighboring community will also benefit from the associated investments from the Commonwealth including infrastructure updates, public transportation improvements, and new access to Reagan National Airport.
By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge. Come build the future with us.
This position requires that the candidate selected must be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance

The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.
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Key job responsibilities
- Develop UVM/SystemVerilog testbenches to verify custom RTL designs and third-party IP integrations for 100G+ solutions
- Create and execute verification plans including functional coverage models, assertions, and constrained-random stimulus
- Collaborate with design engineers to understand specifications and identify verification requirements and corner cases
- Develop bus functional models, scoreboards, and checkers for complex interface protocols
- Debug simulation failures, analyze waveforms, and drive issues to root cause resolution
- Support FPGA-in-the-loop and hardware validation efforts by developing test sequences and diagnostic utilities
A day in the life
You will work on a cross-functional team of hardware and software developers, building verification environments and running simulations to validate programmable logic and custom hardware designs. You will write SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches, develop coverage-driven verification strategies, and debug failures in simulation. You will collaborate with RTL designers to review specifications, identify risks, and ensure designs meet functional and performance requirements before deployment to hardware targets

You will participate in design and verification reviews, contributing to continuous improvement of verification processes and methodologies.
We develop AWS owned hardware solutions in order to scale globally, minimize cost, and maximize value for our customers. We are a growing team of hardware, software and FPGA engineers with a dedicated product development lab in Arlington, VA.
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