Senior ASIC Verification Engineer

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 264,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking elite ASIC Verification Engineers to verify the design and implementation of the world’s leading GPUs in Santa Clara, California. This role offers the opportunity to impact products from consumer graphics to AI platforms, with a team of highly skilled engineers.

You will verify ASIC designs using UVM or equivalent, develop verification infrastructure, and collaborate across teams to ensure correctness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE, CS, or CE; or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in verification using random stimulus, along with functional coverage and assertion-based verification methodologies.
• Background with design and verification tools (VCS or equivalent simulation tools; debug tools like Debussy, GDB).
• Experience in crafting test bench environments for unit- and system-level verification.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog or similar HVL.
• C++ programming language experience, including a strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles, data structures, and algorithms.
• Good working knowledge of the fundamentals of computer architecture and digital build.
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills.
• Prior experience with processor pipeline verification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Verify the design and implementation of the industry's leading GPUs.
• Be responsible for verification of the ASIC design, architecture, golden models, and micro-architecture using advanced verification methodologies such as UVM or equivalent experience.
• Understand the design and implementation of your unit, define the verification scope, develop the verification infrastructure, and verify the correctness of the design.
• Collaborate with architects, designers, and pre-/post-silicon verification teams to accomplish your tasks.

Skills

C++ programming

SystemVerilog

HVL

Debugging

Analytical thinking

OO design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in EE/CS/CE

Tools

VCS

Debussy

GDB

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking elite ASIC Verification Engineers to verify the design and implementation of the world’s leading GPUs. This position offers the opportunity to have real impact in a dynamic and technology-focused company, with your work influencing product lines ranging from consumer graphics to artificial intelligence. We have crafted a team of extraordinary people stretching around the globe, whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the platform for the future of computing.

What You'll Be Doing

• Verify the design and implementation of the industry's leading GPUs.
• Be responsible for verification of the ASIC design, architecture, golden models, and micro-architecture using advanced verification methodologies such as UVM or equivalent experience.
• Understand the design and implementation of your unit, define the verification scope, develop the verification infrastructure, and verify the correctness of the design.
• Collaborate with architects, designers, and pre-/post-silicon verification teams to accomplish your tasks.

What We Need To See

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE, CS, or CE; or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in verification using random stimulus, along with functional coverage and assertion-based verification methodologies.
• Background with design and verification tools (VCS or equivalent simulation tools; debug tools like Debussy, GDB).
• Experience in crafting test bench environments for unit- and system-level verification.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog or similar HVL.
• C++ programming language experience, including a strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles, data structures, and algorithms.
• Good working knowledge of the fundamentals of computer architecture and digital build.
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills.
• Prior experience with processor pipeline verification is desirable.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 20, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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