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Senior Digital Verification Engineer

Efficient Computer
Location
San Francisco, Bay Area OR Pittsburgh, PA OR Austin, TX
Posted
18 days ago
Department
Verification & Emulation
Salary
$160,000 to $245,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Bachelor's or Master's/PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in ASIC/SoC design verification with multiple full cycles of ownership from testbench architecture through tapeout
  • Expertise in UVM-based testbench architecture and constrained-random verification methodology
  • C/C++ experience for modelling or verification
  • Demonstrated track record of driving functional and code coverage to tapeout sign-off on complex, multi-million-gate SoC/ASIC designs
  • Proven ability to debug complex simulation failures
Nice to have
  • Experience in Formal verification (JasperGold or similar)
  • Experience building or using AI Agentic flows for DV
  • Software/Firmware based testing experience and working with software teams pre-silicon
  • Post-silicon experience
  • Understanding and experience in SoC Architecture areas such as processors (ARM, RISC-V), interconnects (AMBA AXI/ACE/CHI), memory controllers, DMA engines, interrupt controllers, and standard peripherals
What the job really is

The Senior Digital Verification Engineer will be responsible for driving the functional verification of complex SoC/IP designs from specification through tapeout. This role involves working on a newly formed verification team, influencing product development processes, and ensuring the successful market release and scaled production of Efficient's energy-efficient processors.

Benefits
  • Competitive base salary ranging from $160,000 to $245,000
  • 10% annual bonus
  • Meaningful equity
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • 401K match
  • Company-paid benefits
Things to weigh
  • No specific information on the company's culture or team dynamics is provided
  • The role requires significant experience, which may limit opportunities for less experienced candidates
  • The technology stack and methodologies are not described in detail, which may affect the learning curve for new hires
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