Staff GPU Design Verification Engineer
West Coast Consulting · Austin, TX
$145,600–$156,000
Jun 29, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hardware verification engineering role focused on GPU and semiconductor design, working onsite in Austin. Day-to-day work involves block- and subsystem-level verification using UVM and SystemVerilog, constrained-random testing, functional coverage, and debugging across interfaces such as cache hierarchies and bus protocols. Suits engineers with a solid background in CPU/GPU design verification and strong programming skills in C/C++ or Python.
Senior level · 6+ years · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 30 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 10–45
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $134,120 (middle half $104,000–$168,730).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The role is primarily hardware/RTL design verification (GPU/CPU/semiconductor), which sits at the boundary between 15-1252 (Software Developers, for the C/C++/Python/UVM coding work) and 15-1253 (Software QA Analysts and Testers, for the verification/testing focus). 15-1252 was chosen as primary because the JD emphasizes contributing to verification strategy, architecture knowledge, and hands-on implementation — not just test execution.
The degree requirement is tiered: Bachelor's + 6 years, Master's + 4 years, or PhD + 2 years. Because equivalent experience is accepted at each tier and no single degree level is an absolute gate, the degree requirement is set to None. The 6-year figure is used as the overall years minimum (the most common path).
C/C++ is listed as the primary language with Python and Perl as named alternatives ('or equivalent'); captured as one skill with alternatives.
Cache experience (L1/L2/LLC) and interface experience (AXI/PCI) are listed under a 'Secondarily' heading — treated as preferred rather than hard gates.
Items under 'Nice to have' (memory subsystem, performance profiling, hardware emulation, GPU architecture passion) are all preferred.
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