Design Verification Engineer, New Grad (AI-Driven)
About the role
As a Design Verification Engineer, New Grad (AI-Driven), you will run and refine the tools that check RTL designs against physical implementation.
What you'll do
- Run daily RTL-to-physical-design verification checks using design tool suites to flag discrepancies early.
- Leverage AI-powered tools for error detection, root-cause analysis, and iteration cycles across design checks.
- Partner with senior RTL and physical design engineers to define and verify block-level specifications.
- Build lightweight scripts and automations to improve the speed and reliability of design checks.
- Investigate unfamiliar issues by combining documentation, team knowledge, and AI tooling.
- Communicate findings and recommended next steps with design and verification teams.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or a related technical field.
- Exposure to digital logic design, computer architecture, or hardware description languages.
- Working familiarity with SystemVerilog.
- Comfort and curiosity using AI-assisted tools to work through technical problems.
Nice to have
- Experience with Linux/bash environments and basic scripting.
Skills: SystemVerilog, RTL verification, digital logic, checks, scripting
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 57-day median for Design Verification roles.
Design Verification · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
1317
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Median days open
57 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$184k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | persimmons | All employers we track in this specialty (1317 roles · 99 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 1317 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 3 | 3496 · 120 employers |
| Median days open | 10 d | 57 d (−47 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $184k |
Skills observed across this category: SystemVerilog, RTL verification, digital logic, checks, scripting
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 117 open roles · median 49 d
- NVIDIA · 104 open roles · median 71 d
- Apple · 99 open roles · median 9 d
- AMD · 83 open roles · median 65 d
- Synopsys · 73 open roles · median 50 d
- SiFive · 58 open roles · median 63 d
How we counted: 1317 open Design Verification (Design Verification) roles from 99 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Nov 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.