AI Silicon, Design Verification

Role Description

• Define, architect, and implement comprehensive verification plans and environments for IP blocks and full chip from specification to tape-out.
• Help build verification infrastructure from ground zero to flexible and nimble environments, able to move quickly and scale for growth.
• Take full ownership of the verification lifecycle, including the development and maintenance of scalable testbenches, sophisticated test cases, and robust verification environments.
• Deploy industry-standard methodologies (UVM/SystemVerilog) to conduct constrained-random stimulus generation, coverage-driven verification, and assertions.
• Collaborate closely with digital and analog design teams, as well as software and systems teams, to define verification requirements, debug complex hardware/software interactions, and ensure design integrity.
• Perform exhaustive analysis of functional and code coverage. Debug failures at the RTL and gate level to ensure 100% verification closure and high-quality silicon.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience with advanced verification methodologies and languages, specifically UVM and SystemVerilog.
• Proven track record of developing and maintaining complex verification testbenches and automated test environments.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell, or Bash) for automation of verification flows and result analysis.
• Strong familiarity with general-purpose operating systems such as Linux, and industry standard tools from companies such as Cadence and Synopsys.

Requirements

• Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, with a specific emphasis on computer architecture (preferred).
• Expert-level knowledge of UVM architecture and high-level behavioral modeling (preferred).
• Experience with modern AI-driven code generation tools (preferred).

Benefits

• A comprehensive package including best-in-class health benefits.
• 401k matching.
• Truly unlimited PTO.
• Complimentary meals in our Palo Alto office.