Senior ASIC Verification Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior ASIC Verification Engineer
Role Summary
Senior verification engineer on the NVIDIA AI ASIC team focused on the Memory Management Unit (MMU). Responsible for defining verification scope, developing verification infrastructure, implementing test and coverage plans, and verifying design correctness for GPU ASICs.
Work cross-functionally with architects, designers, and software engineers to deliver robust verification and advance testbench methodology.
Experience Level
Senior — guidance: 5+ years of relevant work or research experience.
Responsibilities
Primary verification duties for the MMU and related subsystems.
- Define verification scope and acceptance criteria for MMU features.
- Design and implement verification infrastructure: testbenches, BFMs, checkers, monitors, scoreboards.
- Create and execute test plans and coverage plans; drive coverage closure.
- Develop reusable verification components and advance methodology for the team.
- Collaborate with architects, RTL designers, and software engineers across sites to resolve issues.
- Debug functional failures and support root-cause analysis
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience.
- Exposure to computer architecture, ASIC design, and verification methodology.
- Strong practical experience with SystemVerilog and C and/or C++.
- Experience with constrained-random testing, functional coverage, and assertion-based verification.
- Familiarity with simulation and debug tools such as VCS, IES, Debussy, and GDB.
- Understanding of object-oriented programming concepts and test planning.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
Nice-to-have:
- Knowledge of memory subsystem micro-architecture, cache topologies/policies, memory management, interconnects, or arbiters.
- Experience with UVM, SystemVerilog scoreboards/checkers, semiformal verification (SFV), or assertion-heavy flows.
- Scripting experience (Python or Perl).
Education Requirements
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Base salary ranges (location- and level-dependent): USD 136,000 - 218,500 (Level 3); USD 168,000 - 264,500 (Level 4). You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications accepted at least until 2026-06-12.
About the Company
Company: NVIDIA
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.
