Axiado
Axiado

Senior System Level Verification Engineer

TLDR

Develop C-based SOC test environments for simulation and emulation, debug regressions, and root-cause hardware issues through ROM and firmware bringup.

This position is your opportunity to join one of the industry’s leading companies in Smart Edge SoCs for network/systems control, management security systems, and IOT.

You will be responsible for chip level verification of complex ARM based SOC HW, debugging, and ROM and FW bringup.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop SOC system level test environment for simulation and emulation, including log generation, backdoor configuration and device modeling

  • Develop testplan and tests, including error condition tests and stress tests

  • Run and debug tests in regressions, both in simulation and on emulator

  • Work with other teams in root-causing HW issues, and creating system level test cases for them

  • Validation ROM

  • Work with SW team in debugging device driver issues, and OS boots

  • 7 years of DV or validation experience, and 5 years of system Level verification experience using C

  • Has worked through complete project cycle of an SOC ASIC chip

  • Thorough understanding of CPU and its debug architecture, as well as SOC system architecture

  • Proficient in programming and modeling typical SOC connected devices, such as JTAG, UART, SPI, I2C.

  • Proficient in testplanning, test case development using C, and self checking in such tests

  • Proficient in RTL debugging using waveform viewer

  • Mastery in C programming, and fluent in scripting languages such as Make, Python, Perl and shell script

  • Fluent in documentation and issue tracking using Confluence and Jira tools

  • Preferred experience in

    • Validation on emulation, FPGA and post-silicon

    • Complex IP interface validation of USB, Ethernet, PCIE, DDR

    • Using AI tools in testplanning, generation and debugging

  • Experience with SPDM, PLDM, MCTP protocols
  • Experience with Caliptra, Crypto/security APIs
  • Experience with bootloaders and platform firmware, including initialization, boot flows, reset handling, recovery, and firmware-update mechanisms.
  • Understanding of firmware authentication/signature verification, OTP provisioning

Axiado is at the forefront of AI-powered digital infrastructure, developing the Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU), a revolutionary semiconductor that merges advanced hardware security with AI-driven management. Our technology secures essential systems across data centers and next-gen cloud platforms, making it indispensable for modern critical infrastructure. Collaborating with industry leaders, we are not just another tech company; we are setting a new standard in the intersection of AI, security, and silicon.

Founded
Founded 2017
Employees
51-200 employees
Industry
computer & network security
Funding stage
Series C+
Total raised
$210M raised
Last funding
Raised December 2025
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