Senior Memory Controller Verification Engineer

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

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Verification Engineer for the Tegra SoC Memory Subsystem IP verification team in Santa Clara. You will partner with design and architecture teams to craft verification plans, maintain regressions, close coverage, and sign off both functional correctness and performance requirements.

You’ll develop verification infrastructure, review test plans, and drive performance tests for your IP, while ensuring RTL coverage and enabling FPGA and software teams to validate

Qualifications

• BS / MS or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of ASIC verification of complex designs.
• Experience with SystemVerilog and UVM based methodology for ASIC verification.
• Strong C/C++ programming and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop verification infrastructure (testbenches, BFMs, checkers, monitors, randoms).
• Drive test plan execution for planned features.
• Define and drive performance test plans for IP.
• Ensure RTL coverage and sign-off.
• Enable FPGA and software teams to test software.
• Plan for post-silicon verification and debugging.

Skills

SystemVerilog

UVM

C/C++

ASIC verification

RTL debugging

FPGA collaboration

Education

BS/MS or equivalent experience

Tools

VCS

Debussy

GDB

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking hardworking, motivated and creative Senior Verification Engineer for our Tegra SoC Memory Subsystem IP verification Team! At NVIDIA, we have crafted a team of outstanding 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 partner with the design and architecture teams to help make the right implementation choices, craft and implement verification test plans, maintain regressions, close coverage and sign off design or both functional correctness and for meeting performance expectations.

This position offers the opportunity to have a real impact on multiple product lines including consumer graphics, self-driving cars, HPC, cloud computing, and AI!

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop verification infrastructure (testbenches, BFMs, checkers, monitors, randoms)
• Come up with, review and drive test plan execution for planned features
• Understand the performance requirements of your IP, come up with, review and drive performance test plan for your IP
• Ensure code and functional coverage of all the RTL which you will verify.
• Work with and enable FPGA and software teams to ensure that software is tested.
• Plan for and be involved with post-silicon verification and debug.

What we need to see:

• BS / MS or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of ASIC verification experience of complex design units displaying good attention to detail, teamwork, problem solving and shown success.
• Exposure to design and verification tools (VCS or equivalent simulation tools, debug tools like Debussy, GDB).
• Background with System Verilog and UVM based methodology for ASIC verification.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Strong C/C++ programming experience
• Prior Design or Verification experience of dynamic memory controllers (ddr{2, 3, 4, 5}, lpddr{2, 3,4,5, 6})
• Strong debugging and problem solving skills.
• Scripting knowledge (Python/Perl/shell).
• Good interpersonal skills and ability & desire to work as a part of a team.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers.

Are you passionate about becoming a part of a best-in-class team supporting the latest in GPU and AI technology?

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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

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.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 12, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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