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CPU Formal Verification Engineer

Folsom, CA · On-site

$145K/yr

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of Intel's cutting-edge CPU technologies. Working as part of the CPU team, you will leverage ...

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of Intel's cutting-edge CPU technologies. Working as part of the CPU team, you will leverage ...

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the functional correctness and completeness of our next generation chip designs. You will collaborate with a team of highly ...

Senior Formal Verification Engineer

Austin, TX · Hybrid

$134K/yr

NVIDIA is looking for Formal Verification Engineer to help verify the design and implementation of industry's leading Coherent interconnects and other High-PerformanceDesigns. As a Formal ...

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of Intel's cutting-edge CPU technologies. Working as part of the CPU team, you will leverage ...

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of Intel's cutting-edge CPU technologies. Working as part of the CPU team, you will leverage ...

CPU Formal Verification Engineer

Hillsboro, OR · On-site

$148K/yr

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of Intel's cutting-edge CPU technologies. Working as part of the CPU team, you will leverage ...

We are seeking a Formal Verification Engineer to bring rigorous mathematical guarantees to our hardware and software at every layer of the stack. What You'll Do Here * Apply model checking and formal ...

NVIDIA is looking for Formal Verification Engineer to help verify the design and implementation of industry's leading Coherent interconnects and other High-PerformanceDesigns. As a Formal ...

CPU Formal Verification Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$159K/yr

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and functionality of Intel's cutting-edge IP and SoC microarchitectures. By leveraging advanced formal ...

CPU Formal Verification Engineer

Hillsboro, OR · On-site

$148K/yr

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and functionality of Intel's cutting-edge IP and SoC microarchitectures. By leveraging advanced formal ...

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of Intel's cutting-edge CPU technologies. Working as part of the CPU team, you will leverage ...

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of Intel's cutting-edge CPU technologies. Working as part of the CPU team, you will leverage ...

CPU Formal Verification Engineer

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$135K/yr

As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and functionality of Intel's cutting-edge IP and SoC microarchitectures. By leveraging advanced formal ...

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How much do formal verification jobs pay per hour?

As of Jun 9, 2026, the average hourly pay for formal verification in the United States is $20.70, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $15.38 and $21.88 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Formal Verification job?

A Formal Verification job involves using mathematical techniques to prove the correctness of hardware or software designs. Engineers in this role apply formal methods, such as model checking and theorem proving, to ensure that a system behaves as intended without relying solely on traditional testing. This process helps detect critical design flaws early, improving reliability and reducing costly errors. Formal verification is widely used in safety-critical industries like aerospace, automotive, and semiconductor design.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the Formal Verification position, and why are they important?

To thrive in Formal Verification, you need a strong background in computer science, mathematics, and logical reasoning, often supported by a relevant degree in engineering or computer science. Familiarity with formal verification tools such as ModelSim, JasperGold, SystemVerilog Assertions, and proficiency in hardware description languages like Verilog or VHDL are important, and industry certifications can be a plus. Excellent analytical thinking, attention to detail, and strong communication skills help in interpreting specifications and collaborating with cross-functional teams. These skills are crucial to rigorously ensuring hardware or software designs function correctly and meet industry safety and correctness standards.

What are the typical daily responsibilities of a Formal Verification engineer?

A Formal Verification engineer's daily responsibilities usually include developing and applying formal models to hardware or software designs, writing assertions, and using verification tools to prove or disprove correctness properties. Collaboration with design, simulation, and verification teams is common to clarify specifications and address any verification gaps. Engineers frequently analyze failures or counterexamples, document findings, and suggest design improvements. This role often involves balancing multiple projects, staying aligned with tight development schedules, and ensuring the highest possible design quality before production.

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CPU Formal Verification Engineer

CPU Formal Verification Engineer

Intel

Folsom, CA • On-site

$145K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Retirement, PTO

Posted 4 days ago


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Job Details:Job Description: 

Intel put Silicon in Silicon Valley. No one else is obsessed with engineering and has a brighter future. Every day, we create world changing technology that enriches the lives of every person on earth. So, if you have a big idea, let's do something wonderful together. Join us, because at Intel, we are building a better tomorrow.

Role Impact:
As a Formal Verification Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of Intel's cutting-edge CPU technologies. Working as part of the CPU team, you will leverage formal verification methodologies to develop, implement, and validate the next generation of high-performance CPUs that power a variety of innovative devices, from laptops to AI and machine learning systems. In this role, you will directly impact Intel's ability to deliver world-class products that enrich the lives of people across the globe. Join us and help engineer the future at Intel.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conducts verification of IP and/or SoC microarchitecture using formal verification tools, methodologies, and technologies based on model checking and equivalence checking algorithms.
  • Creates comprehensive formal verification test and coverage plans including definition of formal verification scope, strategy, and techniques.
  • Creates abstraction models for convergence on the design, carves out the right boundaries for the design, and tracks, verifies, and applies abstraction techniques.
  • Develops formal proofs to implement the verification plan, reviews the completed proofs, and develops new formal verification methodologies.
  • Performs convergence on design by creating formal verification methodology, abstraction, and simulation techniques.
  • Finds and implements corrective measures to resolve failing tests.
  • Collaborates with architects, RTL developers, and physical design teams to improve verification of complex architectural and microarchitectural features. Documents test plans and drives technical reviews of plans and proofs with design and architecture teams.
  • Maintains and improves existing functional verification infrastructure and methodology.
  • Understands the binary decision diagram (BDD) and data flow graph (DFG) for data paths and resolves the BDD complexity on arithmetic.
  • Applies understanding of modeling architecture to simplify and model the problem and uses tools to formally prove protocols and architectures.
Qualifications:

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Experience listed below would be obtained through a combination of your degree, research and or relevant previous job and or internship experiences.

Minimum Qualifications:

You must possess a B.S. in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of experience listed below, or a M.S. in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of experience listed below, or a PhD in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with emphasis on formal verification in the following areas:

The experience must include the following areas:

  • Experience with applying sequential equivalence checking in complex micro-architectures.
  • Experience in assertion writing, checker development, coverage analysis, failure debug, root cause analysis.

Experience in 3 or more the following areas:

  • In-depth computer architecture knowledge with emphasis on out of order processor execution, memory hierarchy, and memory management.
  • Hands on experience with industry standard formal verification tools such as JasperGold, Questa Formal, VC Formal.
  • Experience with formal abstractions and other complexity reduction techniques.
  • Experience with a hardware modeling language, such as Verilog, VHDL, or System Verilog and industry standard logic simulation tools.
  • Programming experience in at least one language: C/C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, TCL, etc.
  • Intel or industry experience in pre-silicon verification of CPU cores, including specific areas of technical ownership/expertise relevant to CPUs.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of Intel Architecture ISA and system architecture, x86 assembly language.
  • Post-silicon debug and analysis.
  • Research publications, patent filings, or other evidence of personal technical innovation in validation methodology advancement.
Job Type:Experienced HireShift:Shift 1 (United States of America)Primary Location: US, Oregon, HillsboroAdditional Locations:US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, California, Folsom, US, California, Santa Clara, US, Texas, AustinBusiness group:Silicon and Platform Engineering Group (SPE): Deliver breakthrough silicon and platform solutions that deliver industry-leading products today while also defining the next generation of computing experiences.Posting Statement:All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.Position of TrustN/ABenefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $122,440.00-232,190.00 USDThe range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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Intel strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art -- from semiconductor process development and manufacturing, through yield improvement to packaging, final test and optimization, and world class Supply Chain and facilities support. Employees in the Technology and Manufacturing Group are part of a worldwide network of design, development, manufacturing, and assembly/test facilities, all focused on utilizing the power of Moore's Law to bring smart, connected devices to every person on Earth

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Year founded

1968