Freelance Entry Level Design Verification Engineer Jobs in Toronto, ON

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THE ROLE: 

The Data Accelerator (DACC) team at AMD is seeking a Design Verification Engineer to join our IP verification team. This role is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to work on next generation technologies that are part of AMD’s products powering Servers, Datacenters, Client and Embedded markets. You will join one of the fastest-growing areas of adding custom hardware offload engines to support complex operations like encryption, authentication, compression, GPU/CPU compute offloads & virtual machines live migration. This is a tremendous opportunity to get in early into the rapidly expanding domain of custom hardware accelerators. The Design Verification (DV) group within this team is responsible for developing a scalable DV flow and environment with emphasis on automation (including AI-assisted verification), power and performance verification (PPV) and emulation support. You will work closely with senior engineers who will mentor your growth. Our management fosters continuous technical innovation and career development.

THE PERSON:

Motivated engineer with a foundation in ASIC functional verification concepts, eager to build hands-on skills in advanced verification techniques and planning. This candidate enjoys an environment where everyone in the team can grow and develop with a sense of a global team spirit. Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, and a strong desire to learn from experienced verification engineers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain block level IP verification testbenches, test methodology and infrastructure, with guidance from senior team members
• Develop detailed test plans for covering new features, under the direction of a lead or senior engineer
• Triage regressions, debug simulations, and analyze coverage; escalate and collaborate with design, verification and other teams to help achieve verification closure
• Deploy industry leading verification methodologies such as UVM, formal verification etc.
• Take ownership of assigned features within a block, with support from senior engineers on end-to-end planning
• Reproduce silicon functional bugs in simulations and/or formal verification tools
• Conduct and participate in code reviews

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Hands-on hardware verification experience (at-least one tapeout, internship or co-op)
• Proficient in Verilog, System Verilog, UVM and working in Linux and Windows environments
• Curiosity about applying AI agents and skills to functional verification tasks
• Excellent programming skills
• Familiarity with Makefiles, scripting languages like perl, python, ruby etc.

 

DESIREABLE EXPERIENCE – AI/ML FOR VERIFICATION:

• Exposure to using AI coding assistants (e.g., Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT) to help write or debug SystemVerilog/UVM testbench code
• Interest in learning how AI-based tools can speed up test plan generation, log/waveform triage, or coverage analysis
• Basic familiarity with Python-based scripting for data analysis or automation (e.g. regex-based log parsing)

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering

LOCATION: Markham, ON

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Benefits offered are described:  AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position.  AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

 

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Qualifications:

Benefits offered are described:  AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position.  AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

 

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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