Design Verification, Forward Deployed Engineering

responsibilities, including customer discovery, solution architecture, prototype development, production deployment, and ownership of technical workstreams Minimum

Qualifications: 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 Preferred

Qualifications: Experience across multiple semiconductor companies, design environments, or tool stacks, with a point of view shaped by different verification cultures and methodologies Familiarity with adjacent domains such as RTL design, formal verification, emulation, performance analysis, or physical design Experience applying AI/LLM systems to semiconductor workflows Experience creating reusable evals, methodology assets, or technical playbooks Prior experience in customer-facing, consultative, field engineering, solutions engineering, or technical delivery roles About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence

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