Senior ASIC Verification Engineer - United States
$136,000 - $264,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 2 October 2026 by the employer.
This position involves verifying the design and implementation of GPUs.
About the role
This role involves verifying the design and implementation of GPUs. Your work will influence product lines ranging from consumer graphics to artificial intelligence.
What you'll do
- Verify the design and implementation of GPUs.
- Be responsible for verification of the ASIC design, architecture, golden models, and micro-architecture using advanced verification methodologies such as UVM.
- Understand the design and implementation of your unit, define the verification scope, develop the verification infrastructure, and verify the correctness of the design.
- Collaborate with architects, designers, and pre-/post-silicon verification teams.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s Degree in EE, CS, or CE; or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Background in verification using random stimulus, along with functional coverage and assertion-based verification methodologies.
- Experience with design and verification tools (VCS or equivalent simulation tools; debug tools like Debussy, GDB).
- Experience in crafting test bench environments for unit- and system-level verification.
- Expertise in SystemVerilog or similar HVL.
- C++ programming language experience, including a strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles, data structures, and algorithms.
- Good working knowledge of the fundamentals of computer architecture and digital design.
- Excellent debugging and analytical skills.
Skills: ASIC Verification Engineer, GPU, UVM, SystemVerilog, test bench environments, functional coverage
This role has been open 13 days — well below the 64-day median for Design Verification roles.
Design Verification · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
1195
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Median days open
64 d
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Median salary
$186k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (1195 roles · 95 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 86 | 1195 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 235 | 3204 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 58 d | 64 d (−6 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $186k |
Skills observed across this category: ASIC Verification Engineer, GPU, UVM, SystemVerilog, test bench environments, functional coverage
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 109 open roles · median 37 d
- AMD · 97 open roles · median 51 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 84 open roles · median 58 d
- Synopsys · 63 open roles · median 31 d
- SiFive · 55 open roles · median 73 d
- Arm Holdings · 49 open roles · median 101 d
How we counted: 1195 open Design Verification (Design Verification) roles from 95 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 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.