$141,300 - $211,900 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Responsible for pre- and post-silicon verification of Graphics IP to verify correctness and ensure performance and power goals are met across GPU cores.
What you'll do
- Architect, design, implement, and verify the structure and performance of GPU hardware, drivers, features, applications, and tools.
- Create and maintain verification test benches and environments using System Verilog/UVM.
- Collaborate with Architecture, Software, Firmware, Design, Modeling, Emulation, and Post-silicon validation teams to define test methodology and content.
- Participate in GPU architecture and micro-architecture reviews.
- 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 the latest GPU IP.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience (or Master's degree with 1+ year, or PhD).
- Experience in hardware engineering, software engineering, or systems engineering.
Nice to have
- 3 years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience, with 2 years of relevant GPU experience.
- Master's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Verification skills: Test planning, Scripting, Simulation, System Verilog, UVM, Verilog or VHDL, and C/C++.
- Experience with constrained random verification, functional coverage development, and design debug.
- Exposure to emulation and prototyping platforms (Veloce, Palladium, Zebu, FPGA, Protium, HAPS, qemu), including synthesizable transactors, monitors, and scoreboards.
- Scripting and automation skills (Python, Make, Airflow) and formal verification experience (FPV and DPV).
- Graphics API exposure (Vulkan, DX11, DX12), embedded FW development, debugging tools (gdb, uboot, uefi, kernel-mode drivers), and Windows or Linux OS kernel architecture.
Skills: SystemVerilog, UVM, GPU, testbench, simulation, emulation
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 59-day median for Design Verification roles.
Design Verification · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
1347
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Median days open
59 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$185k
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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 (1347 roles · 99 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 118 | 1347 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 400 | 3530 · 120 employers |
| Median days open | 51 d | 59 d (−8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: SystemVerilog, UVM, GPU, testbench, simulation, emulation
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 117 open roles · median 53 d
- Apple · 113 open roles · median 12 d
- NVIDIA · 105 open roles · median 73 d
- AMD · 84 open roles · median 69 d
- Synopsys · 74 open roles · median 53 d
- SiFive · 57 open roles · median 67 d
How we counted: 1347 open Design Verification (Design Verification) roles from 99 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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.