Design Verification Engineer

Graphcore; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Graphcore in Bengaluru is inviting applications for senior‑to‑principal verification roles focused on RTL verification to ensure architectural conformance for Graphcore silicon. The team handles CPU/ASIC verification within the silicon design group.

Candidates should have SystemVerilog, Python basics, UVM, SVA, and Git experience, with leadership and strong problem‑solving skills across languages. Bengaluru AI campus expansion supports global AI computing initiatives.

Qualifications

• Expertise in verification for CPU/ASIC environments.
• Leadership and planning skills demonstrated in prior roles.
• Experience verifying RTL and ensuring architectural conformance.
• SystemVerilog and Python basics are required.
• Familiarity with UVM, SVA, and DVCS like Git is expected.

Responsibilities

• Verification planning, specification, and closure of functional coverage.
• Provide feedback to architects on verification strategy.
• Develop tests and diagnose failures efficiently.
• Contribute to shared verification infrastructure.
• Collaborate across teams and languages to root cause issues.

Skills

SystemVerilog

Python basics

UVM

SVA

Assembly languages

LLVM

GCC

Git

XML XPath XSLT

Tools

LLVM

GCC

Git

Job description

We have open positions at the Senior, Staff, and Principal levels. Your application will be evaluated based on your overall experience and alignment with the requirements of the respective level.

Please note: If you have already interviewed for the same role within the last 6 months, please refrain from applying again.

Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption.

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru, which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing.

The verification team sits within the Silicon design team and is responsible for ensuring that the RTL created by the logical design team and used by the physical design team matches the architecture specification for Graphcore silicon. The silicon verification engineer is responsible for verification activities within Graphcore, helping the team meet the company objectives for quality silicon delivery.

Responsibilities

• Verification planning, specification, and closure of functional coverage
• Providing feedback to architects
• Test generation and failure diagnosis/triage
• Contributing to shared verification infrastructure
• Verification experience in the relevant industry
• Proven leadership and planning skills
• Highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player
• Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of deep and complex issues
• Experience with the verification process applied in CPU and/or ASIC environments
• SystemVerilog, basics of Python (Must have)
• UVM
• SVA
• Assembly languages
• LLVM, GCC
• DVCS e.g. Git
• SGE or other DRMS
• XML and XPath/XSLT

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers a competitive benefits package. We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to the interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.