Senior Staff Verification Consultant

Job Title

Senior Staff Verification Consultant

Position Description

Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Staff Verification Consultant position with our client located in Austin, TX.

Job Description

As a Senior Staff System IP Design Verification Contractor you will contribute to the functional verification of System IP including coherent interconnect and caches. This is a technical individual contributor role with heavily involved hands‑on project execution. A strong background in Design Verification and hands‑on experience with both block‑level and top‑level is required to be successful in this role.

Job Responsibilities

• Owning Gate-level simulations TB bringup
• Owning power‑aware verification with UPF
• Collaborating with physical design teams, running and debugging gate-level simulations
• Working with SoC team to debug functional fails during IP bring‑up and feature execution
• Creating test benches, verification environments, stimulus and tests
• Collaboration with designers to verify correctness of design features and resolve fails
• Developing assertions, checkers, covergroups, SystemVerilog constraints
• Debugging and root‑causing functional fails from regressions
• Analyzing code and functional coverage results, performing gap analysis
• Helping with silicon bring‑up and root‑causing fails

Job Qualifications

• PhD/MS/BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 12+ years industry experience in a design verification role
• Expert hands‑on coding skills in testbench, stimulus, checkers development and coverage closure
• Experience with SystemVerilog, UVM or equivalent
• At least 5+ years of experience with gate-level simulations
• Knowledge of ARM protocols or equivalent protocols – CHI, AXI, ACElite, APB
• Experience with Git version control, Unix/Perl/Python scripting
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Job Details

• Job type: Contract
• Pay range: $85 – $93 an hour
• Location: Austin, TX

Benefits Package

• Competitive salaries and insurance plan options (HDHP or POS plan)
• Education/certification reimbursement
• Pre‑tax commuter benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Administered 401(k) plan

About Protingent

Protingent is an award‑winning provider of top‑tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from software and aerospace to AI, clean tech, medical devices and connected technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.