Design Verification Engineer
SambaNova · San Jose, California, United States · San Jose, CA
CHECKED 11H AGO
InfrastructureonsiteSenior$120k–$200k
At a glance
Highlights
- Work on SambaNova's RDU chip powering next-gen AI inference platform.
- Own verification of chip control, sequencing and recovery across subsystems.
- Collaborate with architects and firmware teams to drive verification closure.
What they offer
- Equity
- 95% employee medical coverage, 77% for dependents
- HSA with employer contribution
- Dental and vision insurance
- Short/long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance
- FSA options including health care and dependent care
- Headspace subscription and Gympass+ membership
- One Medical membership and Employee Assistance Program
Ideal candidate
A motivated, detail-oriented engineer with chip verification experience who enjoys owning complex problems end-to-end and collaborating with architects and designers to root-cause issues.
Requirements
- B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years relevant industry experience
- Strong understanding of digital design, SoC architecture, and verification methodologies
- Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog and UVM
- Experience with constrained-random verification, functional coverage, and assertion-based verification
- Good understanding of chip initialization, control sequencing, clocking, and cross-domain interactions
- Strong simulation debug and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in scripting languages e.g. Python, Perl, TCL and shell scripting
- Familiarity with CDC/RDC concepts and verification methodologies
- Fluency in Claude / AI tools for verification development and debug
Lab profile
About SambaNova
Full-stack AI infrastructure with RDU dataflow chips for fast agentic inference.
What they build
- RDU Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit
- SambaRack rack-scale hardware
- Full-stack AI inference platform
Known for
- Reconfigurable dataflow architecture alternative to GPUs
- High decode performance for agentic workloads
- Full-stack hardware-software co-design
Key facts
- Founded in 2017
- Headquartered in Palo Alto, California