Senior ASIC Verification Engineer

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior ASIC Verification Engineer in Austin, United States. It pays $136k-$219k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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NVIDIA is looking for a Senior ASIC Verification Engineer to help verify our global IP! This position offers an opportunity to impact an array of products while collaborating with teams from design, architecture, verification, and integration.

At NVIDIA, we have crafted a team of outstanding people stretching around the globe, whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the platform for the future of computing. In this position, you will partner with the design and architecture teams to help make the right implementation choices, craft and implement verification test plans, maintain regressions, close coverage and sign off design or both functional correctness and for meeting performance expectations. This position offers the opportunity to have a real impact on multiple product lines including consumer graphics, self-driving cars, HPC, cloud computing, and AI!

What you'll be doing:

Develop test plans, tests and verification infrastructure for verifying global IP across multiple products
Define, develop, and automate flows and methodologies to efficiently build, deploy, and verify generated RTL
Ensure code and functional coverage of all the RTL which you will verify
Build verification components using SV/UVM methodology
Driving coverage-based verification closure
Collaborate with design teams across NVIDIA to find corner cases and resolve verification related issues

What we need to see:

BS/MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of proven design verification experience
Experience in pre-silicon verification (UVM, SystemVerilog), ASIC design/implementation flow, and design automation
Programming and scripting experience in Perl or Python
Excellent debugging and analytical skills
Exposure to design and verification tools (dc_shell or equivalent synthesis tools, VCS or equivalent simulation tools, debug tools like Debussy, GDB)
Strong communication and collaboration skills to interact within the team and across functional teams

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Previous experience automating tasks in the design verification process
Hands on experience in object-oriented programming
Prior design or verification experience at the IP or block level
Experience developing methodologies used by others
Demonstrated ability to drive a project to completion

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers! We have some of the most forward-thinking and dedicated people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you.

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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
136,000 USD – 218,500 USD for Level 3; and 168,000 USD – 264,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Senior ASIC Verification Engineer at NVIDIA rates 28 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

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