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Senior Design Verification Engineer, gCPU

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Compensation
$163–236K/yr
Location
Austin, TX
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Google seeks a Senior Design Verification Engineer to own functional verification for part of a CPU design. The engineer will build verification infrastructure, develop test plans and diagnostic code, and work with design, architecture, and performance teams to ensure architectural compliance and functional correctness. The role also includes analyzing coverage and developing monitors and checkers for CPU designs.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Functional Verification, requiredPerformance Validation, requiredTest Plan Development, requiredDiagnostic Code Development, requiredProcessor Microarchitecture, requiredUVM, nice to haveSystemVerilog, nice to haveScripting Languages, nice to havePython, nice to havePerl, nice to haveShell, nice to haveBash, nice to haveLinux, nice to haveAndroid, nice to haveARM Instruction Set Architecture, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Related Field or Equivalent Practical Experience, required8 Years Functional Verification, Performance Validation, Test Plans and Diagnostic Codes Experience, requiredMaster's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, nice to have

Full job description

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 8 years of experience in functional verification, performance validation, developing test plans, and diagnostic codes of modern processors.

  • Experience with processor microarchitecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.

  • Experience with UVM, SystemVerilog, or other scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Shell, Bash, etc.

  • Knowledge of general purpose operating systems such as Linux and Android.

  • Familiarity with ARM Instruction Set Architecture.

About the job

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

In this role, you will own functional verification for part of a CPU design. You will develop functional verification infrastructure and for some roles write diagnostic codes to ensure functional correctness of a design. You will use CPU knowledge as well as design specifications to develop test plans for functional units and subsystems. You will work closely with front end design, architecture, and performance teams to ensure architectural compliance, functional correctness. You will analyze coverage from various dimensions and develop monitors and checkers for better quality assurance.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. We aim to make people's lives better through technology.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $163000 - $236000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Design verification for future CPU developments.

  • Build functional verification infrastructure, the infrastructure will include unit, multi-unit, core, and subsystem level verification environments.

  • Produce diagnostic code repositories that sufficiently enable production of quality CPU’s.

  • Verify and validate performance for both pre-silicon and post-silicon.

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How this job compares

Set against the 2,907 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$163–236K/yr
  • Texas median$126–204K/yr179 salary ranges
  • US median$133–202K/yr2,182 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $200K, is 19% above the Texas median midpoint ($167K) — in the top quarter of Hardware Engineer salary ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 308 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Texas and 2,907 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,400 postings).
Education
1,578 of the 2,907 open Hardware Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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