CareerPlan

Senior Verification Engineer - CPU

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$196k–$311k2026-01-09 → 2026-11-10

Core

Define, plan, and execute performance verification strategy for sophisticated CPU designs, focusing on micro-architectural features and system-level validation.

Role type

Senior IC CPU verification engineer (performance focus)

Builds

CPU micro-architectures for consumer graphics, self-driving cars, and AI

Domain

Semiconductor / CPU Design Verification

Required skills

CPU micro-architecture expertise, testbench/scoreboard/stimulus development, regression debug, coverage closure, workload analysis, Perl/Python scripting, C/C++

Preferred skills

Leading performance validation of major CPU pipeline blocks, ARM A64 architecture experience, X86 architecture experience

Technologies

Perl, Python, C, C++

Responsibilities

Define performance verification strategy, interact with architects to scope micro-architectural features, draft performance testplans, create scalable micros to validate features, build infrastructure for performance correlation debug, lead and guide junior engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC