Design Verification Engineer

Design Verification Engineer - Mountain View, CA (Onsite)I'm currently hiring for an early-stage AI infrastructure startup building next-generation AI compute hardware from the silicon up. They're developing a brand-new AI-native compute platform designed to power the next wave of large-scale AI systems, giving engineers the opportunity to work on bleeding-edge architecture alongside some of the industry's top hardware talent. They're looking for experienced Design Verification Engineers who enjoy building from first principles rather than maintaining existing infrastructure. This is a rare opportunity to own verification methodology from day one, develop scalable verification environments from scratch, and work across block and SoC verification on a completely new AI compute architecture in a highly technical startup environment. What they're looking for:5+ years experience Experience building verification environments and UVM infrastructure from scratch Strong debugging skills across RTL and system-level issues Experience with modern SoC architectures, interconnects and verification methodologies Experience with high-performance compute, AI accelerators, CPUs or GPUs is a strong plus Exposure to emulation, post-silicon bring-up or high-speed interfaces such as PCIe or DDR is beneficial Important details: Fully onsite in Mountain View, CA$200K-320K base +equity