Is it possible to transition from an ATE Test Engineer to a Design Verification (DV) Engineer?
I have five years of experience as an ATE Test Engineer and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. Recently, I've started to feel that my growth in post-silicon ATE test is becoming limited, and I'd like to expand my career into pre-silicon verification. That's how I became interested in DV.
The challenge is that I don't have any hands-on experience with SystemVerilog or UVM.
And.. Since I already have five years of experience as ATE Test Engineer, applying as a new graduate isn't really an option, so I'd have to apply for experienced positions.
Given my background, do you think it's worth applying?
From what I've learned so far, the overall verification methodology in DV feels quite similar to what I do as a Test Engineer. The biggest difference seems to be that DV verifies the design at the RTL level, whereas my current work focuses on silicon-level after fabrication.
I'd really appreciate your thoughts, especially from anyone who has made a similar transition.