Design Verification Engineer
SambaNova· Hardware
San Jose, CA$120k - $200kfull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Design Verification Engineer role focused on RDU chip verification within SambaNova's AI inference platform. The team handles chip-level control, initialization, sequencing, state transitions, clocking, and recovery across subsystems. The role involves SystemVerilog/UVM verification environments, planning, debugging, and close collaboration with architects, RTL, firmware, and other verification teams.
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
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
Skills
Required:SystemVerilogUVMConstrained-random verificationFunctional coverageAssertionsScripting (Python, Perl, TCL, shell)
Benefits
- Base Salary Range: $120,000—$200,000 USD annual
Last updated Sep 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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