Design Verification Engineer -Staff - Austin, Texas, United States of America, United States
$154,000 - $231,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is for a Staff Design Verification Engineer within the DSP Architecture and Design group at Qualcomm.
What you'll do
- Execute verification tasks for high-performance microprocessor designs within the DSP Architecture and Design team.
- Collaborate across engineering teams to verify functional behavior and architecture requirements.
- Develop and maintain test environments to validate design functionality and meet project milestones.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience (or Master's degree and 3+ years, or PhD and 2+ years).
- 2+ years of experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
Skills: microprocessor design, design verification, functional verification, coverage
This role has been open 98 days — well above the 64-day median for Design Verification roles.
Design Verification · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
1214
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Median days open
64 d
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Median salary
$187k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (1214 roles · 97 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 114 | 1214 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 398 | 3244 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 41 d | 64 d (−23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $187k |
Skills observed across this category: microprocessor design, design verification, functional verification, coverage
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 113 open roles · median 40 d
- AMD · 96 open roles · median 53 d
- NVIDIA · 84 open roles · median 61 d
- Synopsys · 65 open roles · median 35 d
- SiFive · 55 open roles · median 77 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 50 open roles · median 119 d
How we counted: 1214 open Design Verification (Design Verification) roles from 97 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 20 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.