Senior Performance Verification Engineer

NVIDIA's Chip Design group is looking for best-in-class Verification Engineers to join our outstanding Networking Silicon Engineering team, developing the industry's leading Smart Network Interface Cards (Smart-NICs) and Data Processing Units (DPUs), delivering the highest efficiency and lowest latency! Come and take a significant part in crafting and verifying our groundbreaking and innovating chips, enjoy working in a relevant, growing and highly professional environment where you make a huge impact in a technology-focused company.

What you’ll be doing:

• Perform full‑chip verification of complex SoC/NIC top‑level entities against micro‑architectural and interface specifications, with a strong focus on end‑to‑end performance metrics such as throughput and latency.

• Partner closely with design, architecture, and modeling teams to identify, analyze, and mitigate performance bottlenecks across the design pipeline.

• Architect and implement reusable testbench infrastructure components and develop targeted test scenarios for full‑chip NIC performance verification, leveraging deep understanding of NIC micro‑architecture and traffic flows.

• Use sophisticated verification methodologies like e-specman, SV-UVM etc.

What we need to see:

• BS (or equivalent experience) / MS with 5+ years of experience in design verification.

• Exposure to design and verification tools (Verilog/SV or equivalent, Cadence or equivalent simulation tools, debug tools like Indago, GDB etc.).

• C/C++/UVM programming language experience desirable.

• Strong debugging, problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Scripting knowledge (Python/Perl/shell).

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Validated experience in SoC/Subsystem Performance Verification

• Background in Specman.

• Any Prior experience of smartNIC and/or high-speed interconnects.

• Knowledge in HDL (Verilog/VHDL).

Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family www.nvidiabenefits.com/

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