SoC Design Verification Lead

Santa Clara, CASilicon – DV /Full-time /On-site

Role Overview We are looking for an experienced verification leader to help verify and deliver Velaura's next generation Physical AI SoC. You will work closely with architects, RTL engineers, software engineers and system teams to establish confidence in the correctness, performance, reliability and safety of the design, from individual RTL blocks through complete hardware and software systems running real workloads.

This role leads system level verification. You will own the SoC verification plan and carry it through sign off and into tape out, covering boot and root of trust, clock and reset topology, low power behavior, and the IO and memory subsystems. You will set technical direction for a small team while staying hands on in the environment yourself.

Responsibilities Own the SoC level verification strategy, plan and execution for the Velaura Physical AI SoC.Build and lead a team of SoC verification engineers, setting technical direction and reviewing their work.

Define the SoC verification architecture and environment, and stay hands on in the code.

Coordinate verification across boot and security, clock and reset, low power, and the IO and memory subsystems.

Define sign off criteria and coverage goals, and drive closure through tape out.

Track and report verification progress, coverage and risk to engineering leadership.

Work with architecture, RTL, DFT, firmware and software teams on system level correctness and pre silicon bring up.

Partner with CAD and infrastructure teams on simulation, emulation and regression capacity.

Required Qualifications
12 or more years in design verification, including significant SoC level experience.

Experience leading SoC verification across multiple projects through sign off and tape out.

Experience building and leading a team of verification engineers.

Experience with System Verilog, UVM, C and C++ and coverage driven verification at system level.

Experience managing simulation flows on CPU based SoCs such as ARM or RISC-V.Knowledge of IO and memory subsystem IP such as PCIe and LPDDR5 or LPDDR
6.Experience verifying boot and root of trust, clock and reset topology, and low power behavior at system level, including CDC, RDC and UPF based flows.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence engineering leaders across disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with HW and SW co verification and pre silicon software bring up.

Experience with emulation and FPGA prototyping at SoC level.

Experience with one or more of ISO 26262, IEC 61508, IEC 61511 or ISO 13849.Experience verifying QoS, latency sensitive or real time systems.

Experience with post silicon bring up, debug and root cause analysis.

Experience building a verification team at an early stage company.

Familiarity with robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles or industrial automation systems.

Experience using AI assisted verification workflows to improve productivity and coverage.$200,000 - $300,000 a year Compensation & Benefits At Velaura, we believe exceptional talent deserves exceptional rewards. Compensation for this role includes a base salary and very competitive equity compensation, allowing team members to share in the company’s long-term success.

The base pay listed represents a good faith estimate that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of hire. Actual compensation will depend on multiple factors, including the candidate's skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and geographic  addition to base salary and equity compensation, Velaura offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision coverage;

paid time off; flexible work arrangements; professional development opportunities; and other benefits designed to support the well-being and growth of our team.

Velaura is committed to pay equity and transparency and regularly benchmarks compensation to ensure we remain competitive in the market.

Why Velaura?

Velaura is building next-generation compute technology for cloud, edge, and Physical AI. Our solutions will enable robots, autonomous systems, drones, and other intelligent machines to operate efficiently in the physical world.

This is an opportunity to help build foundational technology at a time when the industry is undergoing fundamental change. You will work alongside experienced leaders, architects, engineers, and operators who have delivered industry-defining products across mobile, cloud,…