Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Verification - ACAS

Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Verification - ACAS Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Verification – ACAS with our client located in San Jose, CA. Job Responsibilities: Collaborate with RTL Designers, System Architects to define verification specifications. Design the test suites for full chip and block level verification, develop direct and constrained random testcases, analyze and debug simulations at RTL and Gate level. Build the functional coverage models, collect and analyze coverage data. Build test benches for Low Power designs, analyze simulations with Hybrid UPF and PG netlists. Manage regression analysis, file and track bugs using bug tracking systems. Job Qualifications: Bachelors with 15+ years of relevant industry experience, or Masters with 13+ years or PhD with 10+ years in Electrical Engineering or related field preferred. Experience in developing test benches using SystemVerilog UVM, testcase development skills for constrained random and directed scenarios Experience in MCU/CPU Verification at processor level and at sub-system level both. Strong understanding of CPU architectures, instruction sets (x86, ARM, RISC-V flavors). Core architecture/micro-architecture verification Multi-processor Cache (L2/L3) Coherency, Memory Hierarchy Verification Good object-oriented programming skills in C++/SV, scripting languages like Python/Perl. Familiarity with Formal Verification. DMS Verification experience or knowledge preferred. Excellent simulation debugging and problem-solving skills Ability to adopt new methodologies and techniques, promote them across the organization Experience and knowledge of EDA tools: Simulator (Synopsys VCS or Cadence Xcelium or Siemens Questasim or equivalent tools), debugging tools (Synopsys Verdi or Cadence Simvision). Job Details: Job Type: Contract Pay Rate: $90 - $100 an hour. Location: San Jose, CA. Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k 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.