Design verification engineer jobs
Design verification engineer: a person in this job tests a chip design in simulation before it is made, to catch bugs that would cost millions to fix in silicon. Astera Labs, Tenstorrent, SpaceX, Matx and Anduril Industries have the most open roles with “Design verification engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.
144 open roles · 9 posted in the last 7 days · 8% remote · 49 companies hiring · $210K median advertised salary · checked Nov 15 against employer career pages
| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| under $75K | 0 |
| $75K to $100K | 0 |
| $100K to $125K | 4 |
| $125K to $150K | 11 |
| $150K to $175K | 6 |
| $175K to $200K | 11 |
| $200K to $250K | 36 |
| $250K to $300K | 8 |
| $300K and more | 5 |
Skills asked for in design verification engineer roles
Bars show the share of these 144 roles; one role can count in several rows.
Newest design verification engineer jobs
- Advanced ASIC FPGA Verification EngineerM9 Solutions · Remote - No clearance required$100K - $115KRemotePythonLinuxVerilog
- Senior FPGA Verification EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Waltham, Massachusetts, United States · +2 more locations$191K - $254KSeniorPythonC++Linux
- 3D Stacked DRAM - Logic Verification EngineerSK hynix America · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$140K - $310KVerilog
- (Senior) Verification Engineer, Functional Safety (m/f/d)Robco · 🇩🇪Munich—SeniorEmbedded CEnglishGerman
- Senior ASIC Design Verification EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote · +1 more location$170K - $250KRemoteSeniorPythonC++CI/CD
- Principal ASIC Design Verification EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote · +1 more location$190K - $285KRemoteLead and abovePythonC++CI/CD
- Emulation EngineerMatx · 🇮🇱Israel$160K - $275KHybridRustPythonC++
- Principal Design Verification Engineer (AI Fabric Switches)Astera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$185K - $240KLead and abovePythonC++AI
- Validation and Verification Engineer, Aviation EngineeringSkyryse · 🇺🇸El Segundo, CA$120K - $145KPythonC++MATLAB
- Physical Design and Verification EngineerNeuralink · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, United States$131K - $265KPython
- Principal Formal Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, Karnataka, India—Lead and abovePythonVerilogPerl
- Design Verification EngineerMatx · 🇺🇸Mountain View (HQ) or Remote · +1 more location$160K - $275KRemotePythonC++Verilog
- Lead Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$160K - $200KLead and abovePythonCNIST
- Sr. Flight Software Verification EngineerReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$185K - $230KSeniorC++CControl systems
- Senior Design Verification Engineer, AI HardwareTenstorrent · 🇷🇸Belgrade, Serbia—SeniorAIVerilogFirmware
- Staff Design Verification Engineer, AI HardwareTenstorrent · 🇷🇸Belgrade, Serbia—Lead and aboveAIFirmwareCompilers
- Design Verification Engineer, New GradSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$120K - $150KJuniorPythonVerilogPerl
- Junior Emulation EngineerCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina—JuniorPythonLinuxVerilog
- Principal Design Verification Engineer- SerDes/PHY IPAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$207K - $230KLead and abovePythonVerilogPerl
- Senior Design Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States · +3 more locations$148K - $165KSeniorPythonVerilogPerl
- Principal Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States · +1 more location$185K - $230KLead and abovePythonC++Verilog
- Design Verification EngineerCambridge Design Partnership · 🇬🇧Cambridge, England, United Kingdom—Test planningMechatronicsQuality management systems
- Flight Software Verification EngineerReliable Robotics · Remote$160K - $210KRemoteC++CControl systems
- Design Verification Engineer - ComputeMatx · 🇺🇸Mountain View (HQ) or Remote$160K - $275KRemoteRustPythonC++
- Flight Software Verification ManagerReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$190K - $270KC++CAUTOSAR
- Emulation & FPGA Prototyping EngineerVoltai.careers · 🇺🇸Palo Alto Office—PythonC++Linux
- Verification EngineerDelos Data · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$160K - $240KRemotePythonVerilog
- Validation & Verification EngineerSkyryse · 🇺🇸El Segundo, CA$120K - $150KPythonC++MATLAB
- Verification Engineer - ADAS Driving & Safety FeaturesLucid Motors · 🇺🇸Newark, CA$135K - $185KTest planningAUTOSARCAN bus
- Sr. FPGA Verification Engineer, RadarReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$215K - $300KSeniorAgileFirmwareFPGA
- Principal ASIC Verification EngineerAtomcomputing · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$180K - $220KLead and abovePythonLinuxVerilog
- Formal Verification EngineerTenstorrent · 🇺🇸🇪🇸Santa Clara, California, United States; Spain—PythonC++Verilog
- Staff Control Platform and Verification EngineerRidealso · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$225K - $275KLead and abovePythonCI/CDJenkins
- Silicon Emulation EngineerWaymo · 🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan; Hsinchu, Taiwan · +1 more location—PythonC++Linux
- Design Verification Emulation, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Austin, TX, Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KPythonC++CI/CD
- Tech Lead Engineer, Design VerificationAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$176K - $195KLead and abovePythonVerilogPowerShell
- Test & Verification Engineer II/IIIKraken Kinetics · 🇺🇸Pinehurst, NC$115K - $138KPythonMATLAB
- Principal Physical Verification EngineerCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA · +1 more location$150K - $250KLead and abovePythonShell scriptingAnalog design
- Design Verification Tech Lead- SerDes/PHY IPAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$160K - $200KLead and abovePythonVerilogPerl
- Midcore Design Verification EngineerTenstorrent · 🇺🇸🇪🇸Santa Clara, California, United States; Spain—PythonC++Verilog
- Threat Emulation Engineer - Blue/Purple TeamGuidePoint Security · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA—PythonLinuxBash
- Front End Design Verification EngineerTenstorrent · 🇺🇸🇪🇸Santa Clara, California, United States; Spain—PythonC++Verilog
- Manager Design VerificationAstera Labs · 🇮🇱Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel—VerilogFirmwareHardware interfaces
- Principal Emulation EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States · +1 more location$207K - $230KLead and abovePythonVerilogPerl
- CPU Core Design Verification ManagerTenstorrent · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, Karnataka, India—Performance managementCompilersASIC
- Senior FPGA Verification Engineer, Air Dominance and StrikeAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$166K - $220KSeniorPythonLinuxCI/CD
- Mixed-signal Verification EngineerArago · 🇫🇷Paris Offices—PythonVerilogmacOS
- Senior System Verification Engineer, SoftwareNeko Health · 🇸🇪Stockholm—HybridSeniorCI/CDPRDsQuality management systems
- Staff Silicon Verification EngineerGraphcore · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, India—Lead and abovePythonJavaScriptC++
- Senior Silicon Verification EngineerGraphcore · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, India—SeniorPythonJavaScriptC++
- Design Verification (DV) Engineer - 2027 GradsHudson River Trading · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States—PythonC++Machine Learning
- Formal Verification and RTL Design Software EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$160K - $200KPythonLLMCI/CD
- Principal Design Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, Karnataka, India—Lead and aboveTest planningControl systemsHardware interfaces
- Senior FPGA Verification EngineerIonQ · 🇬🇧Oxford, England, United Kingdom—SeniorPythonVerilogFinancial modeling
- Lead Software Verification EngineerQuest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc. · 🇺🇸Endicott, NY$135K - $162KLead and abovePython
- Sr. Staff Engineer - Digital Design VerificationAmbiq Micro, Inc. · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States · +1 more location—Lead and abovePythonC++Verilog
- System Verification Engineer, Test AutomationNeko Health · 🇸🇪Stockholm—HybridPythonC++Azure
- AMS Verification Engineer (RFIC Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Irvine, CA · +1 more location$125K - $160KPythonVerilogFirmware
- FPGA Verification Engineer, Air Dominance and StrikeAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$146K - $194KPythonLinuxCI/CD
- Director of ASIC Design VerificationSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$270K - $340KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningVerilog
- Design Verification EngineerSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$120K - $200KPythonMachine LearningVerilog
- Formal Verification EngineerHarmonic · 🇺🇸Palo Alto—PythonC++MATLAB
- Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$225K - $270KLead and abovePython.NETVerilog
- Sr. FPGA Verification EngineerReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$215K - $300KSeniorAgileFirmwareFPGA
- Senior Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$250K - $300KLead and abovePython.NETVerilog
- Verification Engineer - Onsite PA or CA (6269)itD Tech · 🇺🇸Allentown, PA or Carlsbad, CA—PythonVerilogPerl
- Digital Verification EngineerNeuralink · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, United States$131K - $243KPythonC++Verilog
- Formal Verification Research ScientistVoltai.careers · 🇺🇸Palo Alto Office—
- Hardware Engineer, Design VerificationNormalComputing · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $400KHybridPythonLLMCI/CD
- Sr. ASIC Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Austin, TX · +3 more locations—SeniorPythonTest planningFirmware
- Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA · +3 more locations$125K - $145KPythonMATLABVerilog
- IC Design Verification EngineerLumilens · 🇺🇸San Jose—PythonVerilogPerl
- Silicon Verification Engineer - Multiple LevelsGraphcore · 🇬🇧Bristol, UK; Cambridge, UK; London, UK—PythonVerilogGit
- Staff Engineer - Design VerificationAmbiq Micro, Inc. · 🇸🇬Singapore—Lead and abovePythonC++Verilog
- Emulation & Digital Twin EngineerFoundational Industries · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area—PythonC++Docker
- Verification Lead (Lead DV)Lumilens · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, India · +1 more location—Lead and aboveVerilog
- Soc Design Verification DirectorAstera Labs · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, Karnataka, India—Lead and aboveTest planningFirmwareHigh-performance computing
- Software Verification EngineerQuest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc. · 🇺🇸Endicott, NY · +1 more location$100K - $140KPython
- ASIC Design Verification EngineerWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$175K - $215KPythonC++LLM
- Digital Design Verification EngineerOlix · 🇬🇧Bristol, UK£123KPythonMATLABVerilog
- Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$190K - $230KPython.NETVerilog
- Performance Verification EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $310KLoad testingHardware testingCompilers
- DV Formal VerificationDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $320KRTL designCadence
- AI Core DV EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA; Austin, TX$180K - $275KPythonC++AI
- Staff/ Principal Design Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇮🇱Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel—Lead and abovePythonVerilogHardware interfaces
- Sr/Staff Engineer, Design Verification,System IPTenstorrent · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, Karnataka, India—Lead and abovePythonBashVerilog
- CPU Core Design Verification Testbench LeadTenstorrent · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, Un…—Lead and abovePythonC++C
- Formal Verification EngineerMatx · 🇺🇸Mountain View (HQ) or Remote$160K - $275KRemote
- Design Verification EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $300KASICComputer architectureUVM
- Design Verification Engineer, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX$200K - $420KPythonCI/CDBash
- Air Vehicle Systems Verification LeadAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$191K - $253KLead and aboveComputer VisionSecurity clearanceTest planning
- Full-Chip Physical Design Verification EngineerTenstorrent · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; Fort Collins, Colorado, Uni…—PythonRF engineeringCompilers
- Design Verification (DV) EngineerHudson River Trading · 🇺🇸🇬🇧Austin, TX, United States; Boulder, Colorado, United Stat…—PythonC++Machine Learning
- Rust SW-Silicon Co-verification EngineerMatx · 🇺🇸Mountain View (HQ) or Remote$160K - $275KRemoteRustVerilog
- Autonomy Verification EngineerApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$120K - $180KPythonC++Machine Learning
- Verification Engineer, Flight InstrumentsBETA Technologies · 🇺🇸South Burlington, Vermont, United States$80K - $120KPythonJira
- Senior Emulation EngineerEnCharge AI · 🇮🇳India—SeniorPythonC++Verilog
- RTL and Design Verification EngineerRicursive Intelligence · 🇺🇸Palo Alto—
- Senior/ Staff Formal Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇮🇱Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel—Lead and aboveVerilogHardware interfacesRTL design
- IP Design Verification DirectorAstera Labs · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, Karnataka, India—Lead and aboveTest planningHardware interfacesRTL design
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Who is hiring for design verification engineer roles
Where design verification engineer roles are
- 🇺🇸United States101
- 🇺🇸California75
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area62
- 🇪🇺Europe19
- 🌏Asia-Pacific15
- 🇺🇸Austin, TX13
- 🇺🇸Texas13
- 🇮🇳India12
- 🇮🇳Bangalore11
- 🇮🇱Israel7
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What design verification engineer roles pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $196K | 44 |
| Lead and above | $218K | 22 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Kinds of work close to this one
Roles where employers ask for the same skills. The bar shows how much the skill lists overlap; the text names the shared skills and, where 30 postings state pay, the median advertised pay there.
Companies hiring design verification engineers
Design verification engineer salaryQuestions about design verification engineer jobs
- What is a design verification engineer job?
- In a design verification engineer job, a person tests a chip design in simulation before it is made, to catch bugs that would cost millions to fix in silicon. 144 such roles are open on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026.
- How many design verification engineer jobs are open right now?
- There are 144 open design verification engineer jobs at 49 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 9 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most design verification engineer jobs?
- Right now the most openings are at Astera Labs (23), Tenstorrent (14), SpaceX (10), Matx (7) and Anduril Industries (6). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote design verification engineer jobs?
- 12 of the 144 open design verification engineer jobs (8%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do design verification engineer jobs pay?
- The median advertised salary is $210K, based on 81 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $170K and $225K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get a design verification engineer job?
- 2 of the 144 open design verification engineer jobs (1%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 105 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 49 companies are hiring and 9 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing design verification engineer jobs?
- 25 of the 144 open design verification engineer jobs (17%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Machine Learning, Computer Vision, LLM. Employers still list 144 such roles today at 49 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do design verification engineer jobs ask for?
- Most often Python (74%), Verilog (67%), UVM (51%), ASIC (50%), SystemVerilog (49%) of the 144 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in design verification engineer jobs?
- Design Verification Engineer (17), Senior FPGA Verification Engineer (5), Senior Design Verification Engineer (5), Verification Engineer (5), Formal Verification Engineer (4): the most common titles among the 144 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are design verification engineer jobs in demand in 2026?
- 144 design verification engineer jobs are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 49 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 9 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $210K. 12 (8%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for design verification engineer jobs?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.














