Senior Staff Engineer, Design Verification

Samsung Semiconductor

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San Jose, CA
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$189,000–$301,000 / yr
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Samsung Semiconductor is the global semiconductor business unit of Samsung Electronics, designing and manufacturing memory chips, logic semiconductors, and foundry solutions for a broad range of applications.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Engineer, Design Verification

As a Senior Staff Engineer in the Design Verification team, you will lead the verification of IP blocks for an AI accelerator, collaborating closely with architects and RTL engineers. Your daily tasks include developing verification infrastructure, creating testbenches, defining verification scope, and ensuring comprehensive documentation. You will mentor junior engineers and work cross-functionally to debug failures across design, compiler, and simulation teams. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of industry experience in SoC or IP verification with expertise in UVM, System Verilog, C/C++, and scripting languages like Perl/Python. Experience with computational logic, interconnect networks, memory systems, microarchitecture, and AI accelerators is preferred, along with knowledge of FPGA and emulation platforms.

What you'll do

  • Develop verification infrastructure and automation for build, simulation, regression, and triage processes.
  • Lead the verification of IP blocks in AI accelerators by collaborating with architects and RTL engineers.
  • Create testbenches and define verification scope and plans for functional and performance validation.
  • Ensure comprehensive documentation of verification strategy and ease-of-use for test environments.
  • Mentor junior engineers and work cross-functionally to debug failures across design, compiler, and simulation teams.

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years of industry experience in SoC or IP verification and test bench development.
  • Strong background in UVM, System Verilog, C/C++, and scripting languages like Perl/Python.
  • Experience verifying logic from complex IP blocks to full system testing.
  • Understanding of RTL and strong debugging skills across multiple levels of logic.
  • Prior experience with computational logic, interconnect networks, memory systems preferred.
  • Knowledge of microarchitecture in AI accelerators and familiarity with FPGA/emulation platforms.

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