Design Verification Engineer- Tile

Cerebras Systems

Job Summary

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, offering industry-leading training and inference speeds. This Design Verification Engineer role involves ensuring high-quality silicon design by developing and implementing verification strategies, creating reusable environments, and debugging complex issues across various phases. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and continuous enhancement of verification infrastructure.

Must Have

  • Work with architects, designers, post-silicon, and software engineers to ensure a high-quality design.
  • Develop and implement verification strategies, detailed tests, and coverage plans based on micro-architecture.
  • Create verification methodologies and reusable environments, including components such as stimulus, checkers, assertions, and coverage.
  • Implement tests, manage regressions, gather coverage, and debug test failures.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architecture, RTL design, physical design, firmware, and validation.
  • Analyze and debug complex issues across simulation, emulation, and silicon bring-up phases.
  • Continuously enhances verification infrastructure and flows to improve efficiency and quality.
  • Contribute to the evolution of the overall verification methodology and best practices.
  • Advanced debugging and problem-solving skills.
  • Deep knowledge of SystemVerilog testbench, DPI, and UVM.
  • Excellent programming skills and knowledge of software engineering practices, including object-oriented design.
  • Experience developing scalable and portable testbenches and components.
  • Experience with verification methodologies and tools such as simulators, waveform viewers, build and run automation, coverage collection, and gate-level simulations.
  • Proficient in scripting languages such as Python or Perl.
  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as a standout colleague.
  • Extremely self-motivated and eager to solve problems.
  • 3+ years of Design Verification experience.

Good to Have

  • Knowledge of pipelined processor architecture.
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
  • 3+ years of hands-on Design Verification experience.

Perks & Benefits

  • Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
  • Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.
  • Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
  • Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.
  • Simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.
  • Open to remote candidates.
  • Committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Job Description

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. Our novel wafer-scale architecture provides the AI compute power of dozens of GPUs on a single chip, with the programming simplicity of a single device. This approach allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds and empowers machine learning users to effortlessly run large-scale ML applications, without the hassle of managing hundreds of GPUs or TPUs.

Cerebras' current customers include global corporations across multiple industries, national labs, and top-tier healthcare systems. In January, we announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar partnership with Mayo Clinic, underscoring our commitment to transforming AI applications across various fields. In August, we launched Cerebras Inference, the fastest Generative AI inference solution in the world, over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work with architects, designers, post-silicon, and software engineers, to ensure a high-quality design that works for silicon.
  • Develop and implement verification strategies, detailed tests, and coverage plans based on micro-architecture.
  • Create verification methodologies and reusable environments, including components such as stimulus, checkers, assertions, and coverage.
  • Implement tests, manage regressions, gather coverage, and debug test failures.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architecture, RTL design, physical design, firmware, and validation.
  • Analyze and debug complex issues across simulation, emulation, and silicon bring-up phases.
  • Continuously enhances verification infrastructure and flows to improve efficiency and quality.
  • Contribute to the evolution of the overall verification methodology and best practices across the organization.

Skills and Qualifications

  • Advanced debugging and problem-solving skills.
  • Deep knowledge of SystemVerilog testbench, DPI, and UVM.
  • Excellent programming skills and knowledge of software engineering practices, including object-oriented design.
  • Experience developing scalable and portable testbenches and components.
  • Experience with verification methodologies and tools such as simulators, waveform viewers, build and run automation, coverage collection, and gate-level simulations.
  • Proficient in scripting languages such as Python or Perl.
  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as a standout colleague are a must.
  • Extremely self-motivated and eager to solve problems
  • 3+ years of Design Verification experience.

Desired Skills and Qualifications

  • Knowledge of pipelined processor architecture.
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
  • 3+ years of hands-on Design Verification experience.

The base salary range for this position is $120,000 to $240,000 annually. Actual compensation may include bonus and equity, and will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, and qualifications.

We are open to remote candidates.

Why Join Cerebras

People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:

1. Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.

2. Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.

3. Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.

4. Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.

5. Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.

Read our blog: Five Reasons to Join Cerebras in 2025.

Apply today and become part of the forefront of groundbreaking advancements in AI!

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Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusive teams build better products and companies. We try every day to build a work environment that empowers people to do their best work through continuous learning, growth and support of those around them.

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