Verilog / SystemVerilog / VHDL
Also written as Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, HDL, Hardware Description Language
Languages for describing digital chip circuits rather than writing software: engineers describe how a circuit behaves, and tools turn that into real logic gates. Verilog and VHDL are the classics; SystemVerilog adds features used mostly for verification.
Think of it like
Writing the blueprint for a machine as text, which a factory then turns into physical parts.
Junior or senior?
Core skill for chip design roles.
Junior sounds like
Writes modules to a spec.
Senior sounds like
Can explain a timing or synthesis problem they fixed in their own design.
Ask them
“What block did you design in Verilog or VHDL, and what problem only showed up after synthesis?”
Reading Verilog / SystemVerilog / VHDL on a resume
- Common
- Verilog / SystemVerilog / VHDL narrows the field but doesn't prove depth on its own. The junior-versus-senior contrast above is what separates one candidate from another.
- Around since 1984
- Nobody can have more years of Verilog / SystemVerilog / VHDL than it has existed. A job description asking for more was probably copied without checking — worth raising with the hiring manager.
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