Cerebras Systems
Staff Design Verification Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA · Staff+
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About the role
- This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation.
- Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups.
- OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership https://openai.com/index/cerebras-partnership/ with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.
Responsibilities
- Work with architects, designers, post silicon and software engineers to ensure a high-quality design that works first silicon.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architecture, RTL design, physical design, firmware, and validation.
- Excellent programming skills and knowledge of software engineering practices including object-oriented design.
- People who are serious about software make their own hardware.
Skills
- Great debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Deep knowledge of SystemVerilog testbench, DPI and UVM.
- Experience developing scalable and portable testbenches and components.
- 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
- 10+ years of Design Verification experience.
- Knowledge of pipelined processor architecture.
- BS or MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
- 10+ years of hands-on Design Verification experience.
Compensation
- The base salary range for this position is $225,000 to $270,000 annually.
Benefits
- 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.
- Experience with verification methodologies and tools such as simulators, waveform viewers, build and run automation, coverage collection, and gate level simulations.
Company info
- 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.
- Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.
- At Cerebras, we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry.
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