GPU Design Verification Engineer - San Diego, California, United States of America

Originally posted 3 April 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role verifies Graphics IP and performs pre- and post-silicon verification to verify correctness and ensure performance and power goals of GPU cores are met.

What you'll do

- Create and maintain verification test benches and environments in System Verilog/UVM. - Architect, design, implement, and verify the structure and performance of GPU hardware, drivers, features, applications, and tools. - Create and leverage advanced testing frameworks to generate and recreate real-world system integration conditions. - Collaborate with Architecture, Software, Firmware, Design, Modeling, Emulation, and Post-silicon validation teams to define and develop test methodology and content. - Collect, organize, and execute system-level test content including directed testcases, gaming benchmarks, standards compliance testsuites, and system-level scenarios. - Build automation for continuous integration and testing based on latest GPU IP.

What you'll need

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience (or Master's degree with 3+ years, or PhD with 2+ years). - Experience working with System Verilog, UVM, Verilog, or VHDL. - Experience with constrained random testing, functional coverage development, and design debug. - Experience in test planning, scripting, and simulation.

Nice to have

- 5+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience, including 2+ years of relevant GPU experience. - Master's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. - Exposure to emulation and prototyping platforms such as Veloce, Palladium, Zebu, Protium, HAPS, or FPGA. - Experience with Graphics APIs such as Vulkan, DX11, or DX12. - Formal verification experience with FPV or DPV. - Scripting and automation skills in Python, Make, or Airflow. - Embedded firmware and kernel-level development and debugging experience.

Skills: GPU verification, SystemVerilog, UVM, testbenches, coverage, pre-silicon verification