Arm
Principal IP Verification Engineer
$250K–$338K
Chandler, Arizona · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a similar related field.
About the job
Leads verification engineering for Arm IP and subsystems, developing verification strategies, testbenches, and test suites to deliver product quality and support reconfigurable designs.
What you'll do
- Lead verification engineers and establish verification architecture, ensuring team work aligns with it.
- Create and review test plans and methodologies, implement functional verification, and meet quality and schedule requirements.
- Collaborate with architecture and design teams to develop verification strategy, review microarchitectural specifications, and debug issues.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a similar related field.
- Experience verifying complex subsystems or SoCs.
- Experience across verification stages, including requirements collection, test planning, testbench implementation, test case development, documentation, and support.
- Experience with front-end verification tools and coverage, including dynamic and static simulation tools, UPF, debuggers, and functional, toggle, and code coverage.
Nice to have
- Object-oriented programming; ARM-based designs or ARM System Architectures; OTP/Fuse usage models and JTAG/TAP protocols; Perl, Python, or another scripting language; SoC debug or DFT methodologies.
Pay
$249,900-$338,100 per year (base salary)
Tools
UPF, Questa, VCS, Jasper Gold, Verdi, Perl, Python, JTAG/TAP
AI focus
The posting permits AI for application preparation, but prohibits its use to complete assigned assessment tasks; applicants needing AI-supported assistive technology for an adjustment should contact Arm.
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