Video ASIC Design Verification Engineer - Multimedia Lab

Responsibilities

Team Introduction

Our team is building industry-leading, highly efficient, and scalable video codec hardware solutions (FPGA and ASIC) from the ground up to better serve our billions of users. We are looking for strong video codec design engineers to design hardware accelerators for advanced video encoding and processing. The successful candidate will be part of a fast-growing team that includes algorithm, architecture, software, firmware, and hardware design and verification experts with a dedication to technical excellence and a passion to build large-scale and high-performing video platforms and services.

• In this role as a design verification engineer, you will be taking an important role in helping deliver a Video Codec IP by generating test benches and running simulations.
• You will interface with architects and ASIC/FPGA design engineers to develop test plans, lead bug tracking, and automation of regression testing.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience with System Verilog, UVM methodology
• Knowledge of SystemC and DPI
• Excellent knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl, Python, Tcl, Unix-shell scripting
• Working experience with generating test benches and a leadership role in bug tracking
• Hands‑on experience in VCS, Verdi. Capable of waveform debug, and isolate the TB/Design issue.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Video Codecs
• Experience with System Verilog Assertions
• Experience with formal verification is a plus
• Knowledge of C programming and can modify existing C-model for vector/debug buffer dump is preferred.

Byte Dance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212,800 - $450,000 annually.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and 3. Exercising sound judgment.