Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Verification - Pixel Pipe

Job Title- Staff GPU Design verification Engineer

Duration- 12+ Months with Possible extension Location Austin TX

• This individual contributor role will help lead to the verification strategy and hands-on validation of pixel pipeline designs, ensuring functional correctness, performance integrity, and architectural intent.
• The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in GPU design verification, a deep understanding of fixed-function graphics pipelines, and a collaborative mindset that enables alignment across hardware design and software teams in parallel development cycles.
• Contribute to and help lead verification strategy and execution for pixel processing stages by developing comprehensive verification plans, defining goals, coverage metrics, and sign-off criteria aligned with architectural specifications and product requirements.
• Architect, implement, and maintain advanced verification environments with scalable testbenches using SystemVerilog, UVM, and C++, developing test code in parallel with RTL and applying constrained-random, coverage-driven, and assertion-based methodologies to validate complex fixed-function behavior.
• Ensure functional and performance excellence by creating targeted test scenarios that stress pixel pipeline stages, including rasterization, interpolation, depth/stencil testing, blending, and other fixed-function units, covering corner cases, performance-sensitive paths, and real-world rendering workloads.
• Drive complex debug and issue resolution by analyzing failures across pixel pipeline stages, identifying root causes, and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure alignment with architectural intent and system-level behavior.
• Advance best practices by maintaining technical documentation and staying ahead of emerging GPU and verification technologies.

Requirements:

• 11+ years of experience with a Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or 9+ years of experience with a Master s Degree, or 7+ years of experience with a Ph.D. 10+ years of hands-on experience in GPU, CPU, or advanced semiconductor design verification In-depth understanding of computer architecture and graphics pipelines.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++, Python, PERL, or equivalent Strong expertise in SystemVerilog, including constrained-random verification, functional coverage, and assertion-based methodologies.
• Experience with graphics APIs (e.g., Vulkan, OpenGL, GLES, DirectX), with the ability to translate real-world workloads into effective verification scenarios Excellent debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to identify bottlenecks, propose solutions and guide teams through implementation.