Lead verification strategy and implementation for digital modem/PHY designs. Build SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches, create test plans, drive coverage closure, debug complex issues, support silicon bring-up, and collaborate cross-functionally to validate wireless systems.
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at www.silabs.com.
Senior Modem Design Verification Engineer
Austin, Texas
Meet the team
The Wireless PHYMAC team is responsible for designing the digital components of Silicon Labs’ low power energy-efficient wireless products. Our team focuses on building efficient, high-performance digital systems that enable wireless connectivity across applications such as smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities. The team operates in a highly collaborative and cross-functional environment, working closely with system architects, analog/RF designers, firmware engineers, and product teams to deliver robust and scalable wireless solutions. By working at the intersection of digital design and wireless systems, the team plays a critical role in advancing the future of connected devices.
About the Role
As a Senior Modem Design Verification Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the functional correctness and performance of digital modem designs used in Silicon Labs’ low-power wireless products. You will work closely with design, architecture, and system teams to develop verification strategies, build robust test environments, and debug complex issues across the PHY/MAC layers. This role offers the opportunity to contribute throughout the product lifecycle—from early design through silicon bring-up—while working on cutting-edge wireless technologies that power next-generation connected devices.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute verification strategies for digital modem designs across key wireless use cases
- Develop and maintain scalable verification environments using SystemVerilog/UVM or similar methodologies
- Create test plans, test benches, and stimuli to achieve high functional and coverage closure
- Debug and analyze design issues, working closely with design and architecture teams to resolve them
- Track and drive functional and code coverage to ensure verification completeness
- Collaborate cross-functionally with firmware, validation, and system teams to ensure correct system behavior
- Support silicon bring-up and correlate pre-silicon verification with post-silicon results
- Continuously improve verification methodologies, tools, and automation workflows
Minimum Qualifications
- BSEE/CE or a related field
- Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals and verification concepts
- 5–8 years of experience in digital design verification, with a focus on modem or wireless PHY designs preferred
- Experience with SystemVerilog and UVM or similar verification methodologies
- Strong debugging skills with experience analyzing simulation results and identifying root causes
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python or Perl for automation
- Basic understanding of wireless communication systems or digital signal processing concepts
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience verifying wireless standards such as BLE, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, or similar technologies
- Experience with advanced verification techniques such as constrained-random, coverage-driven verification, and SystemVerilog assertions (SVA)
- Familiarity with C/C++ or MATLAB for algorithm modeling and reference model development
- Experience with mixed-signal or system-level verification, including co-simulation with analog/RF components
- Exposure to post-silicon validation, lab bring-up, and correlation with pre-silicon results
- Experience with low-power design verification and power-aware methodologies
Benefits & Perks
You can look forward to the following benefits:
- Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental and vision plans
- Highly competitive salary
- 401k plan with match and Roth plan option
- Equity rewards (RSUs)
- Life/AD&D and disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Adoption assistance
- Back-Up childcare
- Additional benefit options (Commuter benefits, Legal benefits, Pet insurance)
- Flexible PTO schedule
- 3 paid volunteer days per year
- Charitable contribution match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Free downtown parking
- Onsite gym
- Monthly wellness offerings
- Free snacks
- Monthly company updates with our CEO
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Silicon Labs Austin, Texas, USA Office
400 W Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, United States, 78701
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