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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Design Verification Engineer, AI Hardware - **Company:** Tesla Motors - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $128,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Memory Management, Perl (Programming Language), Emulators, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Subsystems, SystemVerilog, Hardware Acceleration - **Published:** June 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/13988818/Soc-Design-Verification-Engineer-Self-Driving-Texas-Austin ## About the Role * 5+ years of dedicated/hands-on DV experience * Experience with Gate level simulation, Timing simulation and verification * Experience in SOC DV bring-up, clocks, power, reset, boot * Experience verifying high speed memory IPs & IO * Experience with amba bus protocols * Experience verifying CPU/GPU/IPs integration at the SOC level * Strong programming skills in UVM, System Verilog, C/C++, Python/Perl * Post-silicon validation/SOC bringup experience, UPF Low power DV, Emulation experience ## Description The Tesla AI Hardware team is at the forefront of revolutionizing artificial intelligence through cutting-edge hardware innovation. Comprising brilliant engineers and visionaries, the team designs and develops advanced AI inference chips tailored to accelerate Tesla's machine learning capabilities. A key part of this effort is Dojo, Tesla's custom supercomputer system built to efficiently train massive neural networks on vast video data from the fleet. The work of Tesla's AI Hardware team powers the neural networks behind Full Self-Driving (FSD), and Tesla humanoid robot, Optimus, pushing the boundaries of computational efficiency and performance. By creating custom silicon and optimized architectures, the team ensures Tesla remains a leader in AI-driven automotive and energy solutions, shaping a future where intelligent machines enhance human life. The AI Hardware team is looking for a SOC Verification Engineer who will be responsible for RTL verification of top-level SOC. With a strong knowledge of SOC architecture and SOC verification methodologies, you will interact with multiple teams and build a metric-driven, configurable, and flexible verification environment. We are open to hiring in Austin, TX and Palo Alto, CA and at all levels Entry-level, Senior, Staff, Senior-Staff. What You'll Do * Work with team members to define and set up a SOC-level verification environment * Architect highly reusable UVM based test benches and integrate VIPs, sub-system test benches, and develop test suites at the SOC level * Achieve targeted coverage and work with Design, Architecture, SW, FW, Validation and external IP delivery teams to efficiently integrate and verify the design * Execute, review, and refine testplans to achieve coverage targets * Verify logic at block, IP, subsystem & fullchip level * Understand details of High Efficiency SOC Architecture, standard SOC peripherals, bus protocols, Network on chip (NOC) and I/O, memory management schemes, multi-processor systems, Memory Controller Sub Systems * Low power design verification ## Related Videos - [Thinking Differently - How to Make Money from Cyber Attacks & Cheats](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/745-thinking-differently-how-to-make-money-from-cyber-attacks-cheats) - [10M Data Records Lost, Underwater Computing, and Psychedelic Fish - Matthias Geniar](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1908-10m-data-records-lost-underwater-computing-and-psychedelic-fish-matthias-geniar) - [Developing an AI.SDK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/198-developing-an-ai-sdk) - [Develop on Windows, Deploy on Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1600-develop-on-windows-deploy-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux) - [How to develop an autonomous car end-to-end: Robotic Drive and the mobility revolution](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/22-how-to-develop-an-autonomous-car-end-to-end-robotic-drive-and-the-mobility-revolution) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE – Web Scraping, Agents, Actors and more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1764-wearedevelopers-live-web-scraping-agents-actors-and-more) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)