Design Verification, Forward Deployed Engineering

OpenAI

. Serve as the design verification SME for semiconductor deployments, helping teams reason about verification workflows across block, subsystem, and SoC environments .

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $162,000 - $302,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the design verification SME for semiconductor deployments, helping teams reason about verification workflows across block, subsystem, and SoC environments
Shape AI-assisted workflows for test generation, regression triage, debug, root-cause analysis, and coverage closure
Curate evaluations with FDEs and customer SMEs, including golden tasks, labeled examples, rubrics, acceptance criteria, and realistic benchmarks grounded in solved issues and real engineering workflows
Build lightweight prototypes, eval harnesses, and tooling that validate opportunities and improve solution quality
Educate and mentor the broader FDE team on verification concepts, tooling, and methodology so the org can engage semiconductor workflows with greater depth and confidence
Partner with FDEs during customer discovery and scoping to translate ambiguous pain points into clear solution hypotheses, success criteria, and technical plans
Support customer-facing technical conversations as a trusted advisor, engaging credibly with technical leaders
Progressively take on broader FDE responsibilities, including customer discovery, solution architecture, prototype development, production deployment, and ownership of technical workstreams

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS/MS in EE, CE, CS, or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in design verification for complex IP, subsystem, or SoC programs
Demonstrated success verifying complex hardware systems in industry-standard flows, with deep familiarity in block-, subsystem-, and/or top-level verification methodologies
Strong hands-on expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, and common simulation/debug tools such as VCS, Questa, Verdi, or equivalent
Strong understanding of constrained-random verification, directed testing, scoreboards, checkers, monitors, stimulus generation, regression infrastructure, and coverage analysis
Strong knowledge of computer architecture, RTL/microarchitecture, memory systems, coherency, interconnects, and verification methodology
Experience defining verification plans, triaging bugs, and driving debug and root-cause analysis in close partnership with design teams
Strong scripting and automation skills in Python or similar; experience building verification tooling, harnesses, or workflow automation is a plus
Comfortable operating as a consultative expert who can shape technical direction, evaluate solution quality, and raise the bar across multiple deployments
Excited to grow beyond domain SME responsibilities into a broader Forward Deployed Engineering role, including hands-on solution building, customer-facing delivery, and ownership of deployment outcomes

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

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Hard Skills & Tools

design verificationSystemVerilogUVMVCSQuestaVerdiconstrained-random verificationdirected testingscriptingautomation

Soft Skills

mentoringconsultative expertisetechnical communicationproblem-solvingcollaborationcustomer engagementsolution architecturedebuggingroot-cause analysistechnical leadership

Certifications

BS in EEMS in EEBS in CEMS in CEBS in CSMS in CS