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Amine ZAKARIA

SoC / IP Verification Lead Engineer F/M

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SoC / IP Verification Lead Engineer F/M

Join NanoXplore a European leader in radiation-hardened SoC FPGAs and be part of our growing adventure in aerospace and defense !

At NanoXplore, we design and deliver cutting-edge FPGA and SoC FPGA solutions for the most demanding environments : space, defense, avionics, and high-reliability industries. With offices in Paris, Montpellier, and Grenoble, our teams are expanding fast and we are looking for passionate engineers to shape the future of embedded systems.

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Do you want to contribute to the development of advanced FPGA products for highly constrained environments such as space and defense ?


Join NanoXplore as a SoC / IP Verification Lead Engineer and play a key role in ensuring the quality, robustness, and reliability of our IPs and SoCs, while building and leading a verification team. You will combine strong technical expertise with leadership, mentoring, and strategic vision.

 

Missions

As SoC / IP Verification Lead, you will be responsible for :

  • Building and structuring the verification team: recruitment, onboarding, mentoring
  • Working closely with Architecture and Design teams to understand specifications and system architecture
  • Defining, writing, and reviewing verification strategies and verification plans
  • Developing test environments, running simulations, analyzing results, and debugging complex designs
  • Leading and coaching verification engineers to raise overall competence and efficiency
  • Driving best practices and continuous improvement in verification methodologies

 

Required Qualifications
  • Excellent knowledge of SoC design and verification methodologies and tools
  • Proven experience writing verification plans and test plans
  • Solid understanding of RTL coding (VHDL, SystemVerilog)
  • Experience with low-power verification (UPF)
  • Knowledge of DFT concepts and associated tests
  • Strong experience in testbench development (UVM, SystemVerilog, C testcases)
  • Scripting skills: Python, C, Tcl, Shell
  • Good understanding of complex SoC architectures:
    • ARM systems, cache coherency, SMMU, interconnects
    • PCIe, Ethernet, DDR controllers, trace & debug, interrupts
  • Knowledge of SoC bus protocols and interfaces:
    • AMBA (ACE / CHI / AXI / AHB / APB)
    • Standard peripherals (SPI, eMMC, JTAG, UART, …)
  • Knowledge of memory interfaces (DDR4/5, LPDDR5)
  • Notions of Formal Verification

 

Profile
  • Engineering degree or equivalent
  • Over 8 years working experience in SoC / IP verification
  • Good communication skills
  • Technical spoken/written English
  • Availability ASAP

 

Job summary

Permanent contract (CDI), immediate start
Location : Sèvres (92)
Salary : based on profile

 

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Embedded Systems

Bridging the gap between silicon and software, the Embedded Systems team designs the low-level tools that make NanoXplore’s FPGAs truly usable and powerful. 


Their core mission : developing the main SDK (Software Development Kit), firmware, and all embedded components that enable seamless configuration, control, and integration of our devices. From bootloaders and drivers to board support packages and diagnostic tools, they ensure our chips speak the right language whether on a satellite, in a defense system, or in a test environment. Their work is foundational : without it, nothing runs. 


What sets them apart is their ability to think system-wide. They work closely with hardware teams and application engineers, adapt to evolving specs, and support real-world use cases with reliability and reactivity. 

They’re not just writing code : they’re building the ecosystem around our FPGAs.


Driven by curiosity and precision, it’s a team where autonomy meets collaboration, and where each line of code contributes to something bigger : making advanced microelectronics accessible and operational for the most demanding applications.

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