Etched · 4 months ago
Design Verification Engineer - SoC
San Jose
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$150K/yr - $275K/yrEtched is building AI chips that are hard-coded for individual model architectures, and they are seeking a Design Verification Engineer to join their Systems/Performance Verification team. The role involves ensuring the robustness and high performance of custom IPs, collaborating with various teams to validate correctness and performance across the hardware-software stack.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerHardwareSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Work closely with architects and RTL designers on verifying the performance features of the design and correlating with performance models (both pre-silicon and post-silicon)
Work closely with software and application developers on identifying performance bottlenecks and tuning the software
Develop test plans and test infrastructure/tools for performance tuning, correlation, and verification
Improve and maintain the architectural performance models
Develop tests in SystemVerilog, Python, or vectors to debug and correlate the RTL and performance model
Develop SystemVerilog or Python-based checkers for verifying the performance features
Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all performance features are covered
Debug performance issues and conduct performance tuning on silicon
Drive end-to-end performance tuning, ensuring optimal hardware utilization, software efficiency, and architectural alignment across the ASIC design lifecycle
Qualification
Required
ASIC/SoC Design & Verification Experience
Strong understanding of digital design, RTL, and ASIC design flows
Hands-on experience with performance verification, simulation, and modeling
Comfortable developing checkers, coverage monitors, and testbenches in SystemVerilog
Skilled in writing Python scripts for automation, data analysis, and performance modeling
Experience building and maintaining performance models for chip subsystems
Understanding of memory hierarchies, pipelines, interconnects, and compute accelerators
Familiarity with performance bottleneck analysis, compiler optimizations, and workload tuning
Some exposure to kernel level performance metrics and profiling tools
Benefits
Full medical, dental, and vision packages, with generous premium coverage
Housing subsidy of $2,000/month for those living within walking distance of the office
Daily lunch and dinner in our office
Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
Company
Etched
Building the hardware for superintelligence
Founded in 2022
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$125.36MKey Investors
Primary Venture Partners
2024-06-25Series A· $120M
2023-05-16Seed· $5.36M
Leadership Team
Chris Zhu
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder and President
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