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Senior Staff Formal Verification Engineer

San Diego, California, United States of AmericaFull-time$204k–$306k2026-09-17 → 2026-11-10

Core

Develop and deploy formal verification methods for next-generation GPU designs, ensuring design correctness and coverage closure for 3D graphics hardware pipelines.

Role type

Senior Staff IC formal verification engineer (GPU)

Builds

GPU ASICs (Adreno™) for mobile UI, games, and advanced graphics applications

Domain

Semiconductor / Hardware Verification / GPU Architecture

Required skills

Formal Property Verification (FPV), SystemVerilog Assertions, RTL debugging, coverage closure, abstraction techniques, EDA tool proficiency, GPU architecture knowledge

Preferred skills

DPV, C2RTL SEQ, RTL2RTL SEQ, deep bug-hunting

Responsibilities

Develop understanding of 3D Graphics hardware pipeline and interfaces; Identify critical Graphics areas to verify with Formal methods; Collaborate with global GPU system architecture, RTL design, and DV teams; Engage with EDA vendors to explore new DV methodologies; Write SystemVerilog Assertions and solve formal proof complexity; Achieve formal sign-off matrices

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC