SoC Design Verification Engineer — Performance & Silicon

Etched; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision packages

Housing subsidy of $2k per month

Relocation support

Daily lunch + dinner in office

Wellness benefits covering fitness and mental health

Job summary

A leading AI technology firm in San Jose is seeking a Design Verification Engineer. You will ensure the reliability of custom IPs, like DMA engines and NoCs, collaborating with architects and software developers. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in SystemVerilog and Python for performance verification. This role requires creative problem-solving skills and thorough understanding of digital design, as well as performance profiling experience. A competitive benefits package and relocation support are offered.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of digital design, RTL, and ASIC design flows.
• Hands-on experience with performance verification, simulation, and modeling.
• Comfortable developing checkers, coverage monitors, and testbenches in SystemVerilog.
• Skilled in writing Python scripts for automation, data analysis, and performance modeling.
• Experience building and maintaining performance models for chip subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Verify the design's performance features alongside architects and RTL designers.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and assist in tuning software.
• Develop test plans and infrastructure for verification.
• Create tests in SystemVerilog, Python, or other vectors.
• Analyze coverage to ensure all performance features are validated.

Skills

Digital design understanding

RTL design

Performance verification

SystemVerilog expertise

Python scripting

Performance modeling

Performance bottleneck analysis

Job description

A leading AI technology firm in San Jose is seeking a Design Verification Engineer. You will ensure the reliability of custom IPs, like DMA engines and NoCs, collaborating with architects and software developers. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in SystemVerilog and Python for performance verification. This role requires creative problem-solving skills and thorough understanding of digital design, as well as performance profiling experience. A competitive benefits package and relocation support are offered.