Samsung
Senior Staff Engineer, Design Verification
$189K–$301K
San Jose, California, United States · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 24, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s with 15+ years, or Master’s with 13+ years, or PhD's with 10+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD's
About the job
Leads design verification for AI accelerator IP blocks, developing verification infrastructure, test plans, and validation coverage while collaborating across engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Develop verification infrastructure and automation for builds, simulations, regressions, and triage; lead verification of AI accelerator IP blocks.
- Create testbenches and test plans for functional and performance validation, and close verification quality metrics.
- Document verification strategy, mentor junior engineers, and debug issues cross-functionally.
What they ask for
- Strong SoC or IP verification and testbench development background using UVM, System Verilog, C/C++, and scripting languages such as Perl/Python.
- Experience verifying multiple logic levels, from complex IP blocks through dies and SoCs to full-system testing.
- Understanding of RTL and strong debugging skills.
- Strong microarchitecture and computer architecture background, preferably in AI accelerators.
Nice to have
- Experience with computational logic, interconnect networks, and/or memory systems.
- Knowledge of FPGA and emulation platforms.
Pay
$189,000 — $301,000 USD base salary
Tools
UVM, System Verilog, C/C++, Perl, Python, FPGA
AI focus
Verifies IP blocks for an AI accelerator; the lab develops scalable platforms for AI/ML workloads. The posting also states that AI tools support recruitment but do not make final hiring decisions.
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