Lead Design Verification Engineer

Job Title: Lead Design Verification Engineer
Location: Plano, TX (hybrid)
Company Overview:
At Iontra, our breakthrough battery charging solution is born from 10+ years of combined experience working with demanding energy storage applications, from the technical and commercial challenges of leading heavy-duty electric vehicle manufacturing to the complexity and extreme demands of space going and planetary exploration vehicles. Together our team has innovated to answer the needs of our customers for a plug and play solution that improves the performance of today's lithium batteries. Our solution can be implemented quickly and inexpensively to improve customer experiences with any existing Lithium-ion battery-powered products. For more information on our latest news, visit: https://www.iontra.com/blog/iontra-closes-67-milli...
Role Summary:
In this role, you'll be tasked with performing essential duties as a part of both the Iontra research team and the product development team. The candidate should be willing to adapt to methodologies and tools used by Iontra such as Agile and Atlassian. This is a full-time role located in our Plano, TX office in a fast-paced startup environment.
You'll love this job if you:

• Are driven to be part of a team doing big things to help our planet.
• Aspire to work with a successful veteran startup management team.
• Are a self-starter and always find ways to get your work done and help team members.
• Are an organized, detail-oriented person being very good at time management.
• Are determined and resilient to keep things moving forward at a startup pace.
• Are assertive and able to influence and partner with the team to get things done.
• Enjoy new challenges and change.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead and mentor a team of Design Verification Engineers focused on pre-silicon verification of custom charge controller IP & IC.
• Define verification test plans and create test bench architectures.
• Work with cross-functional teams to identify requirements, review specifications, and ensure requirements are met in the design.
• Provide technical leadership, direction, and expertise in establishing verification methodologies.
• Guide junior engineers in debugging simulation failures.
• Integrate VIP and 3rd party IP into designs.
• Define and maintain project schedules while ensuring metrics-driven design quality.

Requirements
You'll Need These Qualifications:

• B.S or higher in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 9+ years of experience in IP/IC-level Design Verification
• 3+ years in managing a team of engineers, including interviewing and scheduling
• Expertise in implementing testbenches in SystemVerilog and UVM that can be scaled vertically into sub-system and chip environments
• Experience with Cadence EDA tools - Xcelium, Jasper, Indago, and IMC
• Gate-level simulation with and without timing annotations
• Coverage definition, collection, and closure activities
• Knowledge of AMBA AHB/AXI/APB bus protocols.
• Working knowledge of Assembly, C, and C++ languages and use in embedded systems.
• Familiarity with I/O protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, and Ethernet
• Proven ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with others.
• Familiarity with FPGA design cycle

Benefits
Benefits and Compensation:
Salary Range: $140k - $180k (salary is based on education, experience, skillset, and market value).
We offer the following benefits package:

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Holidays)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan plus company match
• Company Shares Plan

Iontra has an equal employment opportunity (EEO) policy that provides that no applicant or staff member will be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race, color, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.