Design Verification Engineer, New Grad (AI-Driven)

Persimmons•San Jose, CA

About The Position

Persimmons is hiring a new graduate Design Verification Engineer to run and improve tools that check RTL designs against physical implementation. The role focuses on detecting issues early and helping the team proceed confidently. The engineer will use AI-powered tools to accelerate error detection, root-cause analysis, and iteration, and will work with senior RTL and physical design engineers to understand correctness for individual design blocks. The position offers the opportunity to build hands-on fluency with the company’s toolchain and design flow and grow into broader RTL and verification responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or a related technical field.
Ability to quickly learn and use new tools or subjects.
Comfort and curiosity using AI-assisted tools to solve unfamiliar problems and obtain useful answers.
Exposure to digital logic design, computer architecture, or hardware description languages.
Working familiarity with SystemVerilog.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Linux/bash environments.
Basic scripting experience.

Responsibilities

Run daily RTL-to-physical-design verification checks using the design tool suite and flag discrepancies.
Use AI-powered tools to accelerate error detection, root-cause analysis, and iteration across design checks.
Work with senior RTL and physical design engineers to understand correctness criteria for each block.
Investigate unfamiliar problems using documentation, team knowledge, and AI tools.
Build lightweight scripts and automations to make design checks faster and more reliable.
Clearly communicate findings, their significance, and recommended next steps to design and verification teams.
Develop broader RTL and verification responsibilities as familiarity with the toolchain and design flow grows.