Drimva

Amazon

Sr SOC Verification Engineer, Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration - Annapurna Labs

$185K–$288K

Austin, TX +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 2, 2026

Location
Austin, TX
Cupertino, CA
Experience
8+ years in design verification using System Verilog and UVM; 8+ years in testbench development.
Education
Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

About the job

Verifies and optimizes custom machine-learning accelerator system-on-chips for use in AWS data centers.

What you'll do

  • Verify SOC designs, integrate third-party IPs and VIPs into testbenches, and develop testplans and random testcases.
  • Execute coverage plans, maintain autosmoke and regression infrastructure, and investigate bugs.
  • Mentor junior engineers.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of design verification experience using System Verilog and UVM.
  • 8+ years of testbench development, including stimulus, checkers, assertions, and coverage.

Nice to have

  • Experience verifying designs across blocks, IPs, subsystems, and full-chip SOCs, or using multiple verification platforms.
  • Experience with C/C++, object-oriented programming, Python, AMBA or interconnect protocols, memory subsystems, or CPU, GPU, or ML accelerator designs.

Pay

213,000.00 - 287,500.00 USD annually (base salary); 185,200.00 - 250,000.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

System Verilog, UVM, C/C++, Python, AMBA, AHB, APB, AXI

AI focus

Verifies custom Inferentia and Trainium machine-learning accelerator chips used for AI workloads.

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