Staff Design Verification Engineer for Ultra‑Fast AI Chip

Cerebras; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras Systems in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring experienced Design Verification engineers to advance the world’s largest AI chip. You will drive verification strategies, create reusable environments, and collaborate across architecture, RTL, firmware, and validation to ensure first-silicon success.

The role emphasizes debugging complex issues, expanding coverage, and refining verification methodologies, with equity options and competitive compensation in a fast-moving AI hardware startup environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Design Verification experience.
• Deep debugging and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong knowledge of SystemVerilog testbenches, DPI and UVM.
• Proficient in Python or Perl scripting.

Responsibilities

• Work with architects, designers, post-silicon and software engineers to ensure a high-quality design that works first silicon.
• Develop and implement verification strategies, detailed tests and coverage plans based on micro-architecture.
• Create verification methodologies and reusable environments, including stimulus, checkers, assertions, and coverage.
• Implement tests, manage regressions, gather coverage, and debug test failures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architecture, RTL design, physical design, firmware, and validation.
• Analyze and debug complex issues across simulation, emulation, and silicon bring-up phases.
• Continuously enhance verification infrastructure and flows to improve efficiency and quality.
• Contribute to the evolution of the overall verification methodology and best practices across the organization.

Skills

Debugging

SystemVerilog

UVM

DPI

Python

Perl

Testbenches

Software engineering

Cross-functional

Self-motivation

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Simulators

Waveform viewers

Automation scripts

Coverage tooling

Gate-level simulations

Job description

Cerebras Systems in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring experienced Design Verification engineers to advance the world’s largest AI chip. You will drive verification strategies, create reusable environments, and collaborate across architecture, RTL, firmware, and validation to ensure first-silicon success.

The role emphasizes debugging complex issues, expanding coverage, and refining verification methodologies, with equity options and competitive compensation in a fast-moving AI hardware startup environment.