Verification Automation Trainee

About the Role

This trainee role sits between verification and software, focusing on building scripts, regression flows, and reports to enhance the efficiency and reliability of a verification team.

Key Responsibilities

• Write Python and Make based regression runners and result parsers.
• Generate pass/fail and coverage summaries as readable reports.
• Automate repetitive environment setup and checks.
• Add basic continuous integration checks for lint and smoke tests.
• Track bugs and test status in a structured format.
• Document each script for usability and extensibility by teammates.

Requirements & Tech Stack

Skills Required

• Python scripting (Strong Primary language for automation)
• Linux shell and Make (Strong - All flows run from the command line)
• Git workflows (Working knowledge - Every script is versioned and reviewed)
• Digital design and Verilog basics (Working knowledge - To understand test objectives)
• Data handling and reporting (Working knowledge - To parse, aggregate, and display results)

Nice to have

• Basic knowledge of UVM or testbench structure.
• CI tools such as GitHub Actions.
• Experience with plotting libraries.

Tools you will use

• Python
• Bash
• Make
• Git
• CI pipelines
• Verilator or similar simulators

What you will learn

• How a verification regression is organized.
• Turning logs into trustworthy dashboards.
• Writing automation that others can maintain.

Your first 90 days

• First 30 days: Run the existing regression by hand and list potential automation candidates.
• Days 31 to 60: Ship a runner that executes tests and collects results.
• Days 61 to 90: Add a report with trends and failure grouping.