Midcore Design Verification Engineer
Tenstorrent - Santa Clara, CA
Hiring: Midcore Design Verification Engineer Company: Tenstorrent Location: Santa Clara, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 22:54:08 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : C, C++, Python, SystemVerilog About the job Experience: •6+ years of experience in design verification for CPUs, SoCs, ASICs, or other complex digital designs. Required Skills: •6+ years of experience in design verification for CPUs, SoCs, ASICs, or other complex digital designs. •Strong experience with SystemVerilog and UVM, including testbench development, constrained-random testing, assertions, and functional coverage. •Understanding of CPU architecture and/or microarchitecture, ideally including concepts such as pipelines, out-of-order execution, caches, load/store, branch prediction, or instruction scheduling. •Strong C/C++ or Python skills and the ability to work effectively with RTL designers, architects, and other verification engineers. •Gain deep hands-on experience verifying high-performance, out-of-order RISC-V CPU cores. •Learn how CPU microarchitecture decisions translate into RTL and how those designs are verified against architectural intent. •Develop expertise in advanced verification techniques for complex processor pipelines and interacting subsystems. •Work closely with CPU architects and RTL engineers to understand the full design lifecycle from specification through silicon. Qualifications: •A hands-on verification engineer who enjoys understanding how CPUs work and finding the bugs others miss. •Comfortable working across architecture, microarchitecture, RTL, and verification to understand complex CPU behavior. •A strong problem solver who can debug failures, identify root causes, and work collaboratively toward solutions. •Organized and self-motivated, with the ability to take ownership of verification tasks while working effectively within a larger team. •Curious about high-performance processors, RISC-V, and the challenges of verifying increasingly complex CPU designs. Compensation: •$100,000 - $500,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!