Design Verification Engineer

Company:  Avanti Recruitment
Location: London
Closing Date: 06/07/2026
Salary: £50 - £60 Per Hour
Hours: Full Time
Type: Contract

Job Description

Design Verification Engineer / DV Lead
Contract
Fully Remote
£50-60 per hour

We are looking for strong Individual Contributors who can work autonomously within complex verification environments while collaborating effectively across wider engineering teams.

This is a high-priority contract opportunity focused on complex next-generation verification projects involving PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, Ethernet, CXL and AMBA technologies within advanced HPC environments.

The Role

You will be responsible for developing and executing verification environments for high-performance controller technologies, contributing across the full verification lifecycle from planning through to debug and closure.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Developing UVM/SystemVerilog based verification environments
  • Creating and executing new verification test cases from scratch
  • Verification of complex HPC protocols and controllers
  • Debugging complex verification issues independently
  • Working with protocol VIPs and advanced verification flows
  • Supporting coverage closure and verification sign-off activities
  • Collaborating with wider design and verification teams

Required Experience

  • Minimum 8 years Design Verification experience
  • Strong UVM and SystemVerilog expertise
  • Experience verifying one or more of:
    • PCIe
    • CXL
    • DDR/LPDDR
    • High-Speed Ethernet
    • AMBA peripherals
  • Strong debugging and problem-solving capability
  • Experience using protocol VIPs
  • Ability to work independently within fast-paced engineering programmes

Desirable

  • Experience within HPC or advanced semiconductor environments
  • Previous work on controller verification projects
  • DV Lead experience beneficial

Please send your latest CV for immediate consideration.

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