Palo Alto Networks · 7 hours ago
Sr. Principal Engineer, ASIC DV
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$174K/yr - $281K/yr
5+ years expPalo Alto Networks is dedicated to protecting the digital way of life through innovation and technology. As a Design Verification engineer on the ASIC team, you will ensure that ASICs in next-generation firewall products meet high standards for features, performance, and reliability, while collaborating with various engineering teams to develop comprehensive verification plans and methodologies.
Agentic AICloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity
No H1B
Responsibilities
Collaborate with engineers in software, architecture, design, and verification teams to create comprehensive pre-silicon verification plans across simulation, emulation, and formal verification
Plan and execute every aspect of simulation test plans using sophisticated coverage-driven, constrained-random methodologies
Develop flows, methodologies, and infrastructure for emulation
Create, run, and debug emulation tests in close collaboration with system architects, software engineers, and ASIC designers
Define new tools and methodologies to continuously improve quality and velocity
Create powerful programs in Python to automate triage, coverage closure, and metrics-driven verification
Qualification
Required
BS in EE, CE, or CS required or equivalent military experience required
Minimum 5 years experience in ASIC design verification
Demonstrated success in taking multiple ASIC products from concept to mass production
Expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM
Technical strength in the following areas is required: Defining test plans, including comprehensive adversarial testing, Developing rich functional coverage models, Creating powerful and scalable test benches, Implementing sophisticated self-checking infrastructure with reference models and scoreboards, Developing reusable constrained-random tests, Debugging failures, Closing coverage
Preferred
MSEE preferred
Experience in the following areas is preferred: Networking and cyber security, Formal property verification, Silicon validation - bringup, test, debug, and regression, Creating models in Python and C/C++, Writing driver code in C
Skilled in writing powerful, modular, and scalable programs in Python, Perl, and UNIX shell to automate verification tasks, especially regression testing
Demonstrated ownership and independence in planning, debugging complex failures, closing metrics-driven tasks, driving vendors, and reporting status
Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills
Benefits
Restricted stock units
Bonus
Company
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65MKey Investors
Icon VenturesLehman HoldingsGlobespan Capital Partners
2012-07-20IPO
2008-11-03Series C· $10M
2008-08-18Series C· $27M
Leadership Team
Helmut Reisinger
CEO EMEA
Nikesh Arora
Chairman CEO
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