Design Verification Jobs in Austin, TX
Design Verification jobs in Austin, Texas concentrate in the semiconductor and consumer electronics sectors, with clusters in North Austin, the Domain, and Cedar Park where chip design and hardware engineering firms are active. Employers hiring right now include Apple, SiFive, and Google. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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About SiFive
As the pioneers who introduced RISC-V to the world, SiFive is transforming the future of compute by bringing the limitless potential of RISC-V to the highest performance and most data-intensive applications in the world. SiFive’s unrivaled compute platforms are continuing to enable leading technology companies around the world to innovate, optimize and deliver the most advanced solutions of tomorrow across every market segment of chip design, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive, data center, mobile, and consumer. With SiFive, the future of RISC-V has no limits.
At SiFive, we are always excited to connect with talented individuals, who are just as passionate about driving innovation and changing the world as we are.
Our constant innovation and ongoing success is down to our amazing teams of incredibly talented people, who collaborate and support each other to come up with truly groundbreaking ideas and solutions. Solutions that will have a huge impact on people's lives; making the world a better place, one processor at a time.
Are you ready?
To learn more about SiFive’s phenomenal success and to see why we have won the GSA’s prestigious Most Respected Private Company Award (for the fourth time!), check out our website and Glassdoor pages.
Job Description:
The Role
SiFive is looking for a Staff Design Verification Engineer to drive verification of high-performance CPU core units. This is a Staff individual-contributor role within the CPU Design Verification organization, aligned to high-performance core development.
This role spans key core areas such as Frontend, Midcore, Load-Store Unit, and Hardware Prefetch, and is aimed at engineers who can go beyond executing assigned tests to define strategy, identify verification gaps early, solve difficult microarchitectural problems, and raise the quality bar for the broader team.
You will work closely with architecture, RTL, performance, and verification teams to ensure design intent is captured correctly, risks are identified early, and signoff quality is achieved with strong technical judgment and scalable methodology.
Responsibilities
- Own verification planning and execution for one or more high-performance out-of-order CPU core areas, with typical scope across Frontend, Midcore, Load-Store Unit, Hardware Prefetch, or related core-level interactions.
- Drive block-level and core-level verification planning, debug, coverage analysis, and closure for complex CPU features and microarchitectural behavior.
- Define verification strategies for challenging behaviors such as instruction fetch, branch prediction, issue and dispatch behavior, pipeline interactions, load/store ordering, hazard handling, memory consistency, and hardware prefetch correctness.
- Develop and maintain robust verification environments, checkers, scoreboards, assertions, stimulus, and coverage models that expose corner cases and improve bug-finding efficiency.
- Partner closely with architecture and design teams from early feature-definition stages to review specifications, identify ambiguity, and improve design debugability and verification quality.
- Drive efficient failure analysis and root-cause debug across specification, RTL, test content, and verification infrastructure.
- Contribute reusable methodology, infrastructure, and technical guidance that improves productivity and verification quality across future core generations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 7+ years of relevant experience in ASIC, CPU/core, or SoC design verification.
- Strong hands-on experience with SystemVerilog and UVM-based verification.
- Direct experience with CPU/core verification and strong understanding of computer architecture and CPU microarchitecture.
- Experience in one or more high-performance CPU areas such as Frontend, Midcore, Load-Store Unit, memory ordering/consistency, or hardware prefetch verification.
- Strong knowledge of verification flow methodology, including test planning, constrained-random or directed stimulus generation, failure analysis, coverage analysis, and coverage closure.
- Strong debug skills and the ability to translate architectural intent into effective verification strategy and execution.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with out-of-order core verification.
- Experience using formal verification and/or emulation for high-risk or performance-sensitive verification problems.
- Experience collaborating with performance, compiler, system verification, and software teams to close verification gaps from multiple perspectives.
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing verification methodology beyond the immediate block or feature area.
- Familiarity with Python, C/C++, or other scripting/programming languages used for DV infrastructure and automation.
What Success Looks Like
- Verification plans capture the real architectural and microarchitectural risks early and completely.
- Difficult CPU bugs are found early, debugged efficiently, and closed with durable solutions.
- Coverage quality and testbench quality improve meaningfully under your ownership.
- Architecture, design, and DV teams rely on you as a strong technical partner for difficult high-performance CPU verification challenges.
You will be part of a high performance Out-of-Order Core team that focuses on verification of components such as Frontend, Mid-Core, Load-Store Unit, Integer and Floating Execution Unit, as well as Vector Unit that implement the latest RVV.
BS/MS Degree in EE, CE or CS
5-8 years relevant experience with IP/Component functional verification, preferably in Core/CPU verification
Deep understanding of computer architecture is desired
Experienced developer using Object Oriented Programming principles
In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for variable/incentive compensation and/or equity. In addition, this role is eligible for a comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, and more!
Additional Information:
This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in United States of America. Any offer of employment for this position is also contingent on the Company verifying that you are authorized for access to export-controlled technology under applicable export control laws or, if you are not already authorized, our ability to successfully obtain any necessary export license(s) or other approvals.
SiFive is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
As an E-Verify employer, we use this system to confirm the employment eligibility of all new hires in accordance with federal law. All applicants will be required to complete a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, upon hire. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job candidates and will comply with all E-Verify regulations.
About SiFive
As the pioneers who introduced RISC-V to the world, SiFive is transforming the future of compute by bringing the limitless potential of RISC-V to the highest performance and most data-intensive applications in the world. SiFive’s unrivaled compute platforms are continuing to enable leading technology companies around the world to innovate, optimize and deliver the most advanced solutions of tomorrow across every market segment of chip design, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive, data center, mobile, and consumer. With SiFive, the future of RISC-V has no limits.
At SiFive, we are always excited to connect with talented individuals, who are just as passionate about driving innovation and changing the world as we are.
Our constant innovation and ongoing success is down to our amazing teams of incredibly talented people, who collaborate and support each other to come up with truly groundbreaking ideas and solutions. Solutions that will have a huge impact on people's lives; making the world a better place, one processor at a time.
Are you ready?
To learn more about SiFive’s phenomenal success and to see why we have won the GSA’s prestigious Most Respected Private Company Award (for the fourth time!), check out our website and Glassdoor pages.
Job Description:
The Role
SiFive is looking for a Staff Design Verification Engineer to drive verification of high-performance CPU core units. This is a Staff individual-contributor role within the CPU Design Verification organization, aligned to high-performance core development.
This role spans key core areas such as Frontend, Midcore, Load-Store Unit, and Hardware Prefetch, and is aimed at engineers who can go beyond executing assigned tests to define strategy, identify verification gaps early, solve difficult microarchitectural problems, and raise the quality bar for the broader team.
You will work closely with architecture, RTL, performance, and verification teams to ensure design intent is captured correctly, risks are identified early, and signoff quality is achieved with strong technical judgment and scalable methodology.
Responsibilities
- Own verification planning and execution for one or more high-performance out-of-order CPU core areas, with typical scope across Frontend, Midcore, Load-Store Unit, Hardware Prefetch, or related core-level interactions.
- Drive block-level and core-level verification planning, debug, coverage analysis, and closure for complex CPU features and microarchitectural behavior.
- Define verification strategies for challenging behaviors such as instruction fetch, branch prediction, issue and dispatch behavior, pipeline interactions, load/store ordering, hazard handling, memory consistency, and hardware prefetch correctness.
- Develop and maintain robust verification environments, checkers, scoreboards, assertions, stimulus, and coverage models that expose corner cases and improve bug-finding efficiency.
- Partner closely with architecture and design teams from early feature-definition stages to review specifications, identify ambiguity, and improve design debugability and verification quality.
- Drive efficient failure analysis and root-cause debug across specification, RTL, test content, and verification infrastructure.
- Contribute reusable methodology, infrastructure, and technical guidance that improves productivity and verification quality across future core generations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 7+ years of relevant experience in ASIC, CPU/core, or SoC design verification.
- Strong hands-on experience with SystemVerilog and UVM-based verification.
- Direct experience with CPU/core verification and strong understanding of computer architecture and CPU microarchitecture.
- Experience in one or more high-performance CPU areas such as Frontend, Midcore, Load-Store Unit, memory ordering/consistency, or hardware prefetch verification.
- Strong knowledge of verification flow methodology, including test planning, constrained-random or directed stimulus generation, failure analysis, coverage analysis, and coverage closure.
- Strong debug skills and the ability to translate architectural intent into effective verification strategy and execution.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with out-of-order core verification.
- Experience using formal verification and/or emulation for high-risk or performance-sensitive verification problems.
- Experience collaborating with performance, compiler, system verification, and software teams to close verification gaps from multiple perspectives.
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing verification methodology beyond the immediate block or feature area.
- Familiarity with Python, C/C++, or other scripting/programming languages used for DV infrastructure and automation.
What Success Looks Like
- Verification plans capture the real architectural and microarchitectural risks early and completely.
- Difficult CPU bugs are found early, debugged efficiently, and closed with durable solutions.
- Coverage quality and testbench quality improve meaningfully under your ownership.
- Architecture, design, and DV teams rely on you as a strong technical partner for difficult high-performance CPU verification challenges.
You will be part of a high performance Out-of-Order Core team that focuses on verification of components such as Frontend, Mid-Core, Load-Store Unit, Integer and Floating Execution Unit, as well as Vector Unit that implement the latest RVV.
BS/MS Degree in EE, CE or CS
5-8 years relevant experience with IP/Component functional verification, preferably in Core/CPU verification
Deep understanding of computer architecture is desired
Experienced developer using Object Oriented Programming principles
In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for variable/incentive compensation and/or equity. In addition, this role is eligible for a comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, and more!
Additional Information:
This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in United States of America. Any offer of employment for this position is also contingent on the Company verifying that you are authorized for access to export-controlled technology under applicable export control laws or, if you are not already authorized, our ability to successfully obtain any necessary export license(s) or other approvals.
SiFive is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
As an E-Verify employer, we use this system to confirm the employment eligibility of all new hires in accordance with federal law. All applicants will be required to complete a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, upon hire. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job candidates and will comply with all E-Verify regulations.
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Who's Hiring
- Apple15
- SiFive11
- Google5
- Amazon Web Services5
- Amazon4
Top Industries Hiring
- Electronics & Hardware21
- Technology & Software7
- Artificial Intelligence4
- Consulting & Professional Services4
- Manufacturing3
Design Verification Jobs in Austin: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a design verification job in Austin?
Target Austin's dense semiconductor and hardware ecosystem, where companies in North Austin, the Domain corridor, and nearby Round Rock and Cedar Park hire most actively for design verification roles. A background in digital logic verification, SystemVerilog, or UVM gives you a strong edge locally. Tailoring your resume to RTL simulation and FPGA-based verification aligns directly with what Austin hiring teams look for.
Which companies hire design verifications in Austin?
Austin design verification roles are posted by Apple, SiFive, and Google and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Austin's employer mix leans heavily toward fabless semiconductor firms, IC design houses, and consumer electronics companies with deep hardware engineering teams.
Are there remote design verification jobs in Austin?
Yes, though with limits since hands-on lab work and hardware bring-up tasks typically require on-site presence. About 58% of design verification openings tied to Austin are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, mostly covering simulation, testbench development, and formal verification work. Fully remote roles in Austin tend to favor candidates focused on pre-silicon verification rather than physical debug.
How can I get a design verification job in Austin with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Austin is targeting junior or associate verification engineer roles at mid-size fabless semiconductor companies, which hire entry-level candidates more often than large incumbent chipmakers. Austin's University of Texas pipeline means local firms are familiar with new graduates who can demonstrate SystemVerilog or Python scripting skills. Internships at Austin IC design companies and FPGA project work are the credentials that move resumes forward here.
Which industries hire the most design verifications in Austin?
Most design verification openings in Austin sit in Electronics & Hardware, Technology & Software, and Artificial Intelligence, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Austin's position as a major U.S. semiconductor hub, anchored by chip design and wireless hardware investment, drives consistent demand across those sectors.
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