Senior ASIC Verification Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking elite ASIC Verification Engineers to verify the design and implementation of the world’s leading GPUs. You will verify ASIC design, architecture, golden models, and micro-architecture using advanced methods, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure correctness.

You’ll craft test benches, define scope, develop infrastructure, and apply SystemVerilog and HVL expertise for robust verification across mobile, desktop, and AI platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE, CS, or CE; or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Background in verification using random stimulus, functional coverage and assertion-based methodologies.
• Experience with design and verification tools (VCS or equivalent), debug tools like Debussy, GDB.
• Experience crafting test bench environments for unit- and system-level verification.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog or HVL.
• C++ programming language experience with OOP, data structures and algorithms.
• Good working knowledge of computer architecture and digital design.
• 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.
• Verify ASIC design, architecture, golden models, and micro-architecture.
• Define verification scope, develop verification infrastructure, and verify correctness.
• Collaborate with architects, designers, and pre-/post-silicon verification teams.

Skills

SystemVerilog

C++ programming

OOP concepts

Debugging skills

Analytical thinking

Verification methodologies

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. In this position, you will help to build the high-performance processor elements that implement programmable compute and graphics functionality.

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.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Background in verification using random stimulus, along with functional coverage and assertion-based verification methodologies.
• Experience 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 design.
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills.
• Prior experience with processor pipeline verification is desirable.

#LI-Hybrid

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 6, 2026. The base salary range is 136,000 USD - 218,500 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

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