Design Verification Engineer salary: $210K median
The median advertised Design Verification Engineer salary is $210K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $170K to $225K: counted from 81 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $101 an hour or $17,500 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $258K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll design verification engineer jobs
$210Kmedian advertised salary
$170K – $225Kmiddle half of roles
$203Kaverage advertised salary
81roles counted
Design Verification Engineer salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $218K | 48 |
| 🇺🇸California | $212K | 59 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $210K | 77 |
Skills that pay more for Design Verification Engineer roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | $238K | +$28K | 13 |
| FPGA | $220K | +$10K | 10 |
| Test planning | $212K | +$2K | 24 |
| Perl | $212K | +$2K | 21 |
| C++ | $211K | +$1K | 28 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| DensityAI | $252K | 4 |
| Cerebras | $248K | 3 |
| Reliable Robotics | $230K | 5 |
| K2 Space | $224K | 4 |
| Matx | $218K | 7 |
| Anduril Industries | $208K | 6 |
| Neuralink | $198K | 3 |
| Astera Labs | $196K | 12 |
| SambaNova | $160K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $145K | 8 |
| Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc. | $120K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Design Verification Engineer roles
All design verification engineer jobs- Design Verification EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$226K - $445KHybridVerilogHardware testingComputer architecture
- Design Verification Emulation, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Austin, TX, Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KPythonC++CI/CD
- Design Verification Engineer, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX$200K - $420KPythonCI/CDBash
- Hardware Engineer, Design VerificationNormalComputing · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $400KHybridPythonLLMCI/CD
- Director of ASIC Design VerificationSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$270K - $340KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningVerilog
- DV Formal VerificationDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $320KRTL designCadence
- Performance Verification EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $310KLoad testingHardware testingCompilers
- 3D Stacked DRAM - Logic Verification EngineerSK hynix America · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$140K - $310KVerilog
- Senior Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$250K - $300KLead and abovePython.NETVerilog
- Sr. FPGA Verification Engineer, RadarReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$215K - $300KSeniorAgileFirmwareFPGA
- Sr. FPGA Verification EngineerReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$215K - $300KSeniorAgileFirmwareFPGA
- Analog IC Design and Verification EngineerNeuralink · 🇺🇸Austin - ATX1; Austin, Texas, United States; South San Fr…$125K - $291KVerilog
- Principal ASIC Design Verification EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$190K - $285KRemoteLead and abovePythonC++CI/CD
- Principal ASIC Design Verification EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$190K - $285KLead and abovePythonC++CI/CD
- Distinguished Formal VerificationAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$230K - $285KPythonCI/CDVerilog
- Sr. ASIC Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$175K - $280KSeniorPythonTest planningFirmware
- Staff Control Platform and Verification EngineerRidealso · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$225K - $275KLead and abovePythonCI/CDJenkins
- SoC Design Verification EngineerMatx · 🇺🇸Mountain View (HQ) or Remote$160K - $275KRemotePythonC++Verilog
- Rust SW-Silicon Co-verification EngineerMatx · 🇺🇸Mountain View (HQ) or Remote$160K - $275KRemoteRustVerilog
- Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$225K - $270KLead and abovePython.NETVerilog
Questions about Design Verification Engineer pay
- What is the average Design Verification Engineer salary?
- $203K a year on average and $210K at the median, across 81 open Design Verification Engineer postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $170K to $225K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Design Verification Engineer pay?
- DensityAI ($252K), Cerebras ($248K), Reliable Robotics ($230K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a design verification engineer a high-paying job?
- The median Design Verification Engineer posting advertises $210K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 21% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a design verification engineer?
- A tenth of the postings offer $258K a year or more; the highest open Design Verification Engineer role advertises up to $445K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Design Verification Engineer salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $210K a year is about $101 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,500 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $82 to $108 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Design Verification Engineer roles?
- Postings that ask for CI/CD (+$28K, 13 postings), FPGA (+$10K, 10 postings), Test planning (+$2K, 24 postings) advertise more than the $210K median of all Design Verification Engineer postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Design Verification Engineer roles at companies is $210K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $170K to $225K. Counted from 81 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/design-verification/
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