Job Title:
UVM / PCIe Verification Engineer (Contract)
Contract Length:
6 Months
Location:
Barcelona, Spain
Work Model:
Hybrid / Remote Available
Eligibility:
EU Candidates Only
We are looking for an experienced UVM / PCIe Verification Engineer to join a leading technology client based in Barcelona on a 6-month contract.
The successful candidate will work as part of a high-performing verification team responsible for ensuring the quality and functionality of complex high-speed digital interfaces, with a focus on PCIe verification using UVM methodology.
This role offers flexibility with hybrid or remote working options, while collaborating with an international engineering team.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain UVM-based verification environments for complex digital designs
- Verify PCIe-based IP and subsystems to ensure compliance with specifications and performance requirements
- Create and execute test plans, test cases, and verification strategies
- Perform functional and protocol-level verification of high-speed interfaces
- Develop SystemVerilog testbenches and verification components
- Analyse simulation results and debug design and verification issues
- Work closely with design, architecture, and integration teams to ensure verification coverage and product quality
- Contribute to coverage closure and regression testing
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong experience in SystemVerilog and UVM verification methodology
- Proven experience verifying PCIe (PCI Express) interfaces or IP
- Experience building UVM testbenches, sequences, scoreboards, and monitors
- Solid understanding of digital design and verification principles
- Experience with functional coverage and constrained random verification
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively in distributed and international teams
Preferred / Nice to Have
- Experience with high-speed interface verification (PCIe Gen4/Gen5 preferred)
- Knowledge of verification planning and coverage methodologies
- Experience with EDA simulation tools (e.g., Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens/Mentor)
- Experience working on SoC or IP-level verification
