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Design Verification Manager

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

$161K - $197K/yr

Design Verification Manager Location: Sunnyvale, CA (Hybrid - 2 or 3 days per week) Duration: Fulltime employment *Relocation support is provided for eligible candidates.* We are seeking a visionary ...

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How much do verification manager jobs pay per month?

As of Sep 14, 2026, the average monthly pay for verification manager in the United States is $7,019.83, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $6,666.67 and $8,000.00 per month, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a verification manager?

Verification Managers are professionals responsible for overseeing the process of ensuring that products, systems, or software meet specified requirements and standards. They lead teams that design and execute tests, troubleshoot issues, and maintain quality assurance protocols. Their role often involves coordinating between engineering, quality, and project management teams to ensure deliverables are accurate and reliable before release. Effective Verification Managers help reduce errors, improve product quality, and ensure compliance with industry regulations.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a verification manager?

To thrive as a Verification Manager, you need a solid background in engineering or computer science, experience in verification methodologies (such as UVM or SystemVerilog), and often a relevant degree. Familiarity with hardware description languages, verification tools (e.g., Cadence, Synopsys), and project management software is typically required. Strong leadership, problem-solving abilities, and effective communication distinguish top candidates in this role. These skills ensure efficient verification processes, high-quality deliverables, and seamless collaboration across technical teams.

What are some typical challenges faced by a verification manager and how can they be addressed?

Verification Managers often face challenges such as managing tight project deadlines, ensuring comprehensive test coverage, and coordinating between cross-functional teams. Balancing the quality and speed of verification processes while keeping up with evolving industry standards can also be demanding. To address these challenges, effective project management, clear communication, and implementing automated verification tools can help streamline processes and improve collaboration. Regular training and staying updated with industry best practices are also key to overcoming common obstacles in this role.

What is the difference between Verification Manager vs Quality Assurance Manager?

AspectVerification ManagerQuality Assurance Manager
Primary FocusEnsuring products meet specifications through testing and validationOverseeing overall quality processes and standards
CertificationsRelevant technical certifications, e.g., ISTQB, Six SigmaQuality management certifications, e.g., ASQ CQE, Six Sigma
Work EnvironmentTechnical teams, testing labs, development settingsQuality departments, cross-functional teams, management
Industry UsageManufacturing, software, engineeringManufacturing, software, healthcare, and more

While both roles focus on product quality, Verification Managers primarily concentrate on testing and validation to confirm specifications are met, whereas Quality Assurance Managers develop and oversee quality systems to ensure overall standards are maintained across processes.

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Design Verification Manager

Sunnyvale, CA

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
IT Services • 10K+ employees

$159K - $194K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 24 days ago


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8.8

Company rating: 8.8 out of 10

Based on 28 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz


Job description

Design Verification ManagerThis role has been designed as ''Onsite' with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world.Our culture thrives onfinding new and better ways to accelerate what's next.We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

We are seeking a visionary and technically rigorousDesign Verification Managerto lead our world-class silicon verification team. In this pivotal leadership role, you will architect, guide, and execute advanced verification strategies for high-performance, next-generation semiconductor products.

As a manager, you will bridge the gap between high-level architectural complexity and flawlessly executed silicon. You will be responsible for leading an elite engineering group, driving the adoption of cutting-edge methodology, and ensuring zero-bug tape-outs. If you thrive on solving complex microarchitectural puzzles, scaling high-performing teams, and pushing the boundaries of pre-silicon validation quality, this role offers an unparalleled opportunity to make an industry-wide impact.

Key Responsibilities

  • Team Leadership & Mentorship: Manage, inspire, and grow a team of high-performing design verification engineers. Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative accountability.

  • Allocating resources effectively across multiple parallel chip/block schedules.

  • Verification Strategy & Architecture: Define global verification strategies, infrastructure, and execution plans for complex SoC and IP blocks. Own the testbench architecture from initial specifications down to structural sign-off.

  • Methodology Champion: Drive standard-setting execution using industry-best paradigms, ranging from advanced functional metric tracking to pioneering automated flows. Lead the team across block, sub-system, and full-chip verification environments.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Align closely with Architecture, RTL Design, Physical Design, and Post-Silicon validation teams to identify coverage gaps, debug system-level failures, and ensure timely tape-out milestones.

Core Technical Domain Expertise

The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical authority capable of conducting rigorous code reviews, mentoring senior staff, and charting verification roadmaps across the following pillars:

  • Languages & Frameworks: Deep, expert-level fluency inSystemVerilogand Universal Verification

  • Methodology (UVM) architecture.

  • Formal Verification: Proven track record of leveraging formal methods to definitively

  • mathematically prove block-level assertions and catch deep corner-case bugs.

  • Emulation & Hardware Acceleration: Strategic experience utilizing emulation platforms (e.g., Palladium, Zebu, Veloce) to shift-left software integration and accelerate massive system-level test suites.

Qualifications

  • Education:Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.

  • Verification Experience:10+ years of deep, hands-on industry experience in pre-silicon ASIC/SoC Design Verification.

  • Management Experience:Must have 5+ years of dedicated engineering management or formal team leadership experience directly managing engineering headcount, performance reviews, and project delivery schedules.

  • Proven mastery of building scalable UVM-compliant testbenches from scratch.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Advanced Education: Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.

  • AI/ML in Verification: Exposure to, or hands-on experience implementing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques within verification pipelines (e.g., using AI/ML for smart stimulus generation, coverage convergence acceleration, automated bug triage, or regression optimization).

  • Experience with multi-protocol high-speed interfaces (e.g., PCIe Gen6/7, CXL, HBM3,NVLink).

  • Demonstrated capability to manage globally distributed engineering teams.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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- United States of America: Annual Salary USD 174,000 - 352,500 in California
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