Director, Design Verification
Marvell Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Hyderabad • India
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About the role
- Build, lead, and grow a verification and emulation engineering team in India, owning hiring, mentoring, and retention from day one
- Collaborate with US-based architecture, design, and verification leads to develop verification strategies for complex SoCs, chiplets, and multi-generation product roadmaps
- Own the verification of complex systems end-to-end—from verification planning through coverage closure and tapeout
- Drive the technical direction of the team: developing innovative verification strategies, maintaining high-quality code standards, and pushing the state of the art in methodology and automation
- Develop and maintain long-term verification plans spanning multiple product generations
- Own schedules, define progress metrics, and provide clear visibility into execution status across sites
- Provide hands-on technical mentorship, actively identifying improvements in methodologies, techniques, and infrastructure
- Partner with software and emulation teams to enable HW-SW co-development and accelerate silicon validation
- Lead DV, emulation and post silicon validation execution with zero defect mindset.
- Define DV, emulation and post silicon validation scope.
- Define execution timelines working closely with stakeholders.
- Set goals, monitor, and take steps to keep the execution on track.
- Define DV methodology and verification strategies.
- Drive definition and implementation of DV TB architectures.
- Collaborate with Architecture, Design, DFT, PD, FW and system teams for successful product execution.
- Lead tool evaluation and selection.
- Drive continuous productivity improvements through incremental and forklift changes.
- Monitoring industry DV trends and adapting to key trends.
- Hire, build and retain high performance engineering team.
- Address continuous training and development needs of the team.
Requirements
- BS degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 15+ years of relevant industry experience in semiconductor verification or emulation
- 10+ years of experience managing Design Verification, Emulation, or related engineering teams
- Demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, and retain strong verification and emulation engineers—people want to come work with you
- Capable of leading technical direction while staying hands-on: developing verification strategies, reviewing code, and making architectural decisions
- Strong experience with cross-site team coordination and collaboration
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to operate effectively across time zones and organizational boundaries
- Preferred: Experience with full-chip verification, development, and emulation of complex designs targeting data center, server, or enterprise networking applications
- Expert-level experience developing verification infrastructure for IP, subsystem, chiplet, and SoC-level environments
- Experience with one or more high-speed I/O technologies: DDR, PCIe, CXL, or Ethernet
- Knowledge of industry-standard SoC components: bus fabrics, I/O devices, and processor subsystems
- Knowledge of HW-SW co-development workflows and silicon validation cycles
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Great benefits
- Shared collaboration
- Transparency
- Inclusivity
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
verification strategiesemulationDesign Verificationverification infrastructurehigh-speed I/O technologiesfull-chip verificationsilicon validationmethodologyautomationcode standards
Soft Skills
mentoringteam leadershipcommunicationcross-site coordinationcollaborationgoal settingprogress monitoringtechnical directionrecruitmentretention
Certifications
BS degree in Electrical EngineeringBS degree in Computer EngineeringBS degree in Computer Science