GPU Design Verification Engineer - Shader Core - CA, San Diego, United States
Originally posted 1 September 2026 by the employer.
Work on the verification of AMD's GPU shader processor core.
About the role
This role is responsible for the verification of AMD's GPU shader processor core, a critical component that enables high-performance graphics and compute workloads.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with architecture, hardware, and firmware teams to understand and verify new shader core features.
- Develop comprehensive verification plans that account for feature interactions across hardware, firmware, and software.
- Design, develop, and execute directed and constrained-random verification tests.
- Debug simulation failures and determine root causes of functional issues.
- Partner with design and firmware engineers to resolve defects and improve design quality.
- Analyze functional and code coverage results and implement improvements to achieve coverage goals.
What you'll need
- Experience with IP-level ASIC design verification.
- Strong knowledge of UVM-based verification environments and methodologies.
- Experience debugging RTL and firmware using simulation tools.
- Proficiency with Verilog, SystemVerilog, C, and C++.
- Understanding of GPU architecture and graphics pipeline concepts.
- Experience developing verification frameworks, testbenches, processes, and flows.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Linux-based development environments; exposure to Windows development.
- Experience automating workflows in distributed compute environments.
- Knowledge of simulation performance optimization, acceleration technologies, or high-level synthesis methodologies.
- Familiarity with SystemC and Transaction-Level Modeling (TLM).
- Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby, shell scripting, or Makefiles.
Skills: GPU shader processor core, verification plans, UVM-based verification, SystemVerilog, simulation failures, functional coverage
This role has been open 43 days — well below the 64-day median for Design Verification roles.
Design Verification · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
1187
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Median days open
64 d
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Median salary
$187k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (1187 roles · 95 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 99 | 1187 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 260 | 3192 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 54 d | 64 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $187k |
Skills observed across this category: GPU shader processor core, verification plans, UVM-based verification, SystemVerilog, simulation failures, functional coverage
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 103 open roles · median 42 d
- AMD (this employer) · 99 open roles · median 54 d
- NVIDIA · 79 open roles · median 61 d
- Synopsys · 61 open roles · median 30 d
- SiFive · 54 open roles · median 71 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 51 open roles · median 113 d
How we counted: 1187 open Design Verification (Design Verification) roles from 95 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 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.