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SOC Design Verification Engineer, Self-Driving

Tesla
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 1/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/1/2026
What To Expect
The Self-Driving Hardware team is looking for a SOC Verification Engineer who will be responsible for pre-silicon RTL verification of block and 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.

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 complex multi-instance VIPs, sub-system test benches, and test suites at the SOC level
  • Achieve targeted coverage and work with Design, Architecture, SW, FW and external IP delivery teams to efficiently integrate and verify the design
  • Create coverage driven verification plans from specifications
  • Execute, review, and refine to achieve coverage targets
  • Define and review verification and validation test plans created by other members of the team
  • Post-silicon validation and SOC bring-up
  • Understand details of High Efficiency SOC Architecture, standard SOC peripherals and I/O (e.g. DDR, PCIe, USB), DMA, memory management schemes, multi-processor systems, Memory Controller Sub Systems, PLL, power up and Secured Boot schemes


  • What You'll Bring

  • 1 years of dedicated/hands-on DV experience
  • Strong programming skills in UVM, C/C , Python/Perl
  • Experience verifying CPU/GPU integration at the SOC level
  • Coherency verification at the SOC level
  • Emulation experience, working on available platforms such as Palladium, or Zebu
  • Experience in SOC bring-up and post-silicon verification
  • Post-silicon validation and SOC bring-up
  • Hands-on verification experience with at least three of the following: NOC, PCIe, Bus Fabric, AHB, AXI, based bus architecture in UVM environment
  • Experience working on UPF integration, boot-up, HW/FW interaction verification
  • Reset and power verification


  • Benefits
    Compensation and Benefits
    Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
  • Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
  • Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
  • Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
  • Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
  • Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays
  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
  • Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
  • Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
  • Tesla Babies program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employee discounts and perks program


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