NVIDIA

NVIDIA

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Formal Verification Engineer - New College Grad 2026

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$100K – $189.8K/yr
Location
Santa Clara, California, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Education
BS/MS/PhD or equivalent experience in CS/CE/EE/Mathematics.

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Role Summary

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The Formal Verification Engineer will verify the micro-architecture and implementation of NVIDIA GPUs using formal verification tools. The role works with architects, designers, and pre- and post-silicon verification teams to ensure design correctness and deliver formal verification results throughout the project cycle.

What You'll Do

  • Identify key behaviors for verification and write testplans for complex designs
  • Execute testplans using formal techniques, including environment assumptions, assertions, and cover properties
  • Develop verification strategies for arithmetic designs using formal techniques
  • Understand and reason about C reference models and their control flows, including debugging flows
  • Drive tools to realize their best performance
  • Debug RTL and contribute to flow and script development

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Qualifications

Solid understanding of GPU/CPU architectures and designs; strong analytical skills; knowledge of formal verification methodologies and techniques; ability to understand MUL, FMA, and MMA arithmetic operations; hands-on experience with C, Verilog/SystemVerilog HDLs, and temporal logic assertions; excellent command of Python and Tcl scripting; experience with industry-strength formal verification tools; ability to collaborate with distributed teams.

Required

  • Solid understanding of GPU/CPU architectures and designs
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to reason about arithmetic verification challenges
  • Knowledge of formal verification methodologies and techniques
  • Able to understand arithmetic operations like MUL, FMA, MMA
  • Hands-on experience with C, Verilog / System Verilog HDLs, temporal logic assertions
  • Excellent command of scripting using Python and Tcl
  • Experience with industry strength formal verification tools
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, able to effectively collaborate and work with members of a distributed team

Original job description

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As a Formal Verification Engineer at NVIDIA, you will verify the design and implementation of the industry's leading GPUs. In this position, your responsibilities will be to verify the micro-architecture using formal verification tools, define the verification scope, and ensure design correctness. You will employ advanced formal techniques to obtain sufficiently bounded proofs while working with architects, designers, and pre- & post-silicon verification teams to accomplish your tasks. You will efficiently execute the formal verification effort for the entire project cycle, delivering high-quality results on schedule, and clearly conveying those results to the team.

What you will be doing:

  • Identify key behaviors for verification to write clear testplans for complex designs.

  • Execute testplans using the latest formal techniques, including the development of environment assumptions, assertions and cover properties.

  • Reasoning about arithmetic designs and developing verification strategies targeted to manage complexity of arithmetic design verification using formal techniques.

  • Understand and reason about C reference models and their control flows including using debugging flows. 

  • Drive tools to realize their best performance.

  • Debug RTL to identify causes of failure scenarios.

  • Contribute to flow and script development to improve team efficiency.

  • Articulate formal verification coverage of the design to partners.

What we need to see:

  • BS/MS/PhD or equivalent experience in CS/CE/EE/Mathematics.

  • Solid understanding of GPU/CPU architectures and designs.

  • Strong analytical skills and ability to reason about arithmetic verification challenges. 

  • Knowledge of formal verification methodologies and techniques.

  • Able to understand arithmetic operations like MUL, FMA, MMA

  • Hands-on experience with C, Verilog / System Verilog HDLs, temporal logic assertions.

  • Excellent command of scripting using Python and Tcl. 

  • Experience with industry strength formal verification tools.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, able to effectively collaborate and work with members of a distributed team.

Come, join our GPU Formal Verification team and help build the real-time, cost-effective computing platform driving our success in this exciting and quickly growing field. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! 

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 100,000 USD - 166,750 USD for Level 1, and 116,000 USD - 189,750 USD for Level 2.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 12, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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About the company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a leading technology company renowned for its graphics processing units (GPUs) and innovative computing solutions that enhance visual experiences across multiple platforms, including gaming, scientific research, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1993, the company has expanded its offerings to include powerful AI frameworks and deep learning platforms, making significant contributions to industries such as gaming, data centers, automotive, and healthcare. NVIDIA's commitment to pushing the boundaries of visual computing continues to drive advancements in both hardware and software, positioning the company at the forefront of emerging technologies and digital transformation.