Design Verification Engineer- CPU at Velaura
Santa Clara, CA
$200,000–$350,000
Aug 18, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hardware design verification role focused on a custom, ground-up high-performance CPU within a Physical AI SoC. The engineer will own a functional domain end-to-end — from test planning and testbench development through coverage closure — covering units such as instruction fetch, decode, load/store, and caches. The role suits a seasoned verification engineer with deep CPU microarchitecture knowledge and hands-on UVM/SystemVerilog experience.
Senior level · 8+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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SOC classification is a judgement call: design verification engineering sits at the intersection of hardware and software. 15-1252 (Software Developers) is the closest available code because the role primarily involves writing verification environments (testbenches, assertions, coverage, stimulus) in SystemVerilog/UVM/C++. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is the runner-up given the hardware-centric nature of the work.
ARM ISA and RISC-V are listed together under Preferred Qualifications as alternative knowledge areas; they are captured as separate preferred skills with each listed as an alternative for the other.
FPGA prototyping appears in the Responsibilities section as a support activity rather than a gated requirement, so it is marked preferred.
Formal verification and gate-level simulation appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
The degree requirement is a hard gate: 'BS or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science' is stated under Required Qualifications.
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