2027 Internship - Design Verification Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 11 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This internship supports the functional verification of mixed-signal products.
What you'll do
- Assist in verification planning and strategy development.
- Support testbench creation, maintenance, and enhancement.
- Contribute to failure analysis, debug, and resolution efforts.
- Help with coverage analysis and population to ensure thorough verification.
- Work on digital/mixed-signal modeling, directed and constraint-random test generation, and verification flow development.
What you'll need
- Currently pursuing a MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- Strong background in Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) such as Verilog or VHDL.
- Familiarity with Hardware Verification Languages (HVLs) like SystemVerilog/UVM, Vera, or e.
- Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals and verification methodologies.
Skills: SystemVerilog, UVM, testbench, coverage analysis, mixed-signal modeling
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 62-day median for Design Verification roles.
Design Verification · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
1206
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$187k
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| Metric | Cirrus Logic | All employers we track in this specialty (1206 roles · 95 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 11 | 1206 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 29 | 3184 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 199 d | 62 d (+137 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $187k |
Skills observed across this category: SystemVerilog, UVM, testbench, coverage analysis, mixed-signal modeling
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 106 open roles · median 48 d
- Qualcomm · 104 open roles · median 43 d
- NVIDIA · 79 open roles · median 61 d
- Synopsys · 64 open roles · median 30 d
- SiFive · 55 open roles · median 65 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 52 open roles · median 108 d
How we counted: 1206 open Design Verification (Design Verification) roles from 95 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.