Midcore Design Verification Engineer

Job Title

Midcore Design Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Verify high-performance out-of-order RISC-V CPU cores by developing verification strategies, building test environments, and uncovering functional corner cases. Work closely with CPU architects, RTL designers, and software engineers.

This is a hands-on role owning verification tasks from test-plan and testbench design through debugging and driving issues to closure. Position is remote; candidates should be based in North America or Spain.

Experience Level

Mid-level (Mid-Career). Requires 6+ years of design verification experience for CPUs, SoCs, ASICs, or other complex digital designs.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Define verification strategies and create test plans for CPU cores.
• Design and implement UVM/SystemVerilog testbenches and infrastructure.
• Develop constrained-random tests, assertions, and functional coverage.
• Debug simulation and RTL failures using waveforms and common simulation/debug tools.
• Collaborate with architects, RTL designers, and software engineers to reproduce and resolve bugs.
• Own verification deliverables and drive issues to closure.

Requirements

Must-have:

• 6+ years of design verification experience for CPUs, SoCs, ASICs, or other complex digital designs.
• Strong SystemVerilog and UVM skills (testbench development, constrained-random testing, assertions, functional coverage).
• Practical understanding of CPU architecture/microarchitecture (pipelines, out-of-order execution, caches, load/store, branch prediction).
• Experience debugging RTL and simulation failures using waveforms and common simulation/debug tools.
• Proficiency in C/C++ or Python for verification and tooling.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with RISC-V CPU cores and verification of high-performance processors (AI, HPC workloads).

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Tenstorrent

Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States

Tenstorrent is a technology company focused on designing innovative computing solutions. They are known for their expertise in the development of advanced hardware, including ASICs and SoCs, aimed at enhancing performance and efficiency in various applications.