Amazon
Sr Performance Validation Engineer
$213K–$288K
Sunnyvale, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 17, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years; Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 7+ years of experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field; preferred Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
About the job
Validates and models performance, power, and functionality of complex silicon designs before tape-out using simulation, emulation, and virtual platforms.
What you'll do
- Design and execute pre-silicon validation strategies, test plans, and automated validation infrastructure.
- Model and analyze performance characteristics, identify bottlenecks, and provide design teams with optimization feedback.
- Establish validation methodologies and collaborate with architecture, design, verification, emulation teams, and external partners.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of UVM, C, System C, and scripting experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 7+ years of experience.
- Expertise in pre-silicon performance validation for complex SoCs or processors using simulation, emulation, and virtual platforms.
- Proficiency with RTL simulators, emulation platforms, performance analysis tools, and programming for test automation and performance modeling.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- Experience with multiple tape-outs, machine learning accelerators, multi-core processors, UPF, or virtual prototyping.
Pay
213,000.00 - 287,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
UVM, C, System C, Python, C/C++, SystemVerilog, VCS, Questa
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