Design Verification Engineer

Design Verification Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

The era of pervasive AI has arrived. In this era, organizations will use generative AI to unlock hidden value in their data, accelerate processes, reduce costs, drive efficiency and innovation to fundamentally transform their businesses and operations at scale.

SambaNova Suite™ is the first full-stack, generative AI platform, from chip to model, optimized for enterprise and government organizations. Powered by the intelligent SN40L chip, the SambaNova Suite is a fully integrated platform, delivered on-premises or in the cloud, combined with state-of-the-art open-source models that can be easily and securely fine-tuned using customer data for greater accuracy. Once adapted with customer data, customers retain model ownership in perpetuity, so they can turn generative AI into one of their most valuable assets.

About the Team

The Design Verification team works on the RDU, SambaNova's chip for machine learning and AI workloads. This group focuses on chip-level control and initialization: sequencing, state transitions, clocking, and recovery across multiple subsystems on the chip. You'll build SystemVerilog and UVM verification environments alongside architects, RTL designers, and firmware engineers, and take ownership of verification plans from first draft through closure. The team works closely with the broader verification organization, so debugging and root-causing issues often means coordinating across groups rather than working in isolation.

About the Role

SambaNova Systems is looking for a talented and motivated Design Verification Engineer, DFT to help us build state of the art RDU chips for machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive verification plans for complex chip-level control and initialization features
• Develop SystemVerilog/UVM based verification environments, test sequences, checkers, assertions, and functional coverage
• Verify complex sequencing, dependencies, state transitions, and recovery scenarios across multiple chip subsystems
• Develop directed and constrained-random tests to identify architectural and implementation corner cases
• Closely work with architects, RTL designers, firmware, and other verification teams to understand design intent and drive verification closure
• Debug simulation and regression failures and work with design teams to root-cause and resolve issues
• Analyze regression failures, functional and code coverage and drive verification to closure

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years relevant industry experience
• Strong understanding of digital design, SoC architecture, and verification methodologies
• Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog and UVM is required
• Experience with constrained-random verification, functional coverage, and assertion-based verification
• Good understanding of chip initialization, control sequencing, clocking, and cross-domain interactions
• Strong simulation debug and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in scripting languages, e.g. Python, Perl, TCL and shell scripting, etc. is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with CDC/RDC concepts and verification methodologies
• Fluency in Claude / AI tools for verification development and debug

Base Salary Range: $120,000 - $200,000 USD

EEO Policy SambaNova Systems is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin/ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.