Luxoft · 20 hours ago
Principal Engineer, Design Verification (NPU)
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $170K/yrLuxoft is seeking a Principal Design Verification Engineer for their NPU Hardware & Software organization. This role focuses on driving verification excellence for state-of-the-art Neural Processing Units, ensuring they meet automotive industry standards through comprehensive testbenches and validation methodologies.
AutomotiveConsultingInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyOutsourcingService IndustrySoftware
Hiring Manager
Daniela D.
Responsibilities
Develop comprehensive verification plans and test plans for NPU functional blocks and system-level integration
Define verification milestones, coverage goals, and success criteria aligned with project requirements
Create verification strategies for AI-specific workloads including convolution engines, matrix multiply units, and activation functions
Design and implement System Verilog/UVM testbenches for complex NPU verification
Develop constrained random test generators for neural network inference pipelines
Create reference models and checkers for AI workload validation
Build verification environments for memory subsystems, DMA controllers, and system interconnects
Implement functional and code coverage collection and analysis methodologies
Verify AXI4/AHB protocol compliance and system-level interfaces
Validate timing, throughput, and power consumption requirements
Develop and maintain regression test suites for continuous integration
Collaborate with software teams on hardware-software co-verification
Support FPGA prototyping and emulation platforms for system validation
Ensure compliance with automotive safety standards (ISO 26262) and functional safety requirements
Qualification
Required
Expert communicator across global, cross-cultural, and cross-functional teams
Strong analytical, debugging, and system-level problem-solving skills
Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives without direct authority
Quality-driven mindset with a strong focus on correctness, robustness, and coverage
Collaborative approach across hardware, software, verification, and safety organizations
Expert SystemVerilog and UVM-based verification
Coverage-driven, constrained-random, and formal verification
Verification of AI accelerators, NPUs, and complex digital subsystems
AXI4/AHB protocol and memory subsystem verification
Verification automation using Python/Perl
FPGA prototyping and emulation-based validation
Preferred
Automotive functional safety (ISO 26262)
Power-aware and low-power verification techniques
GenAI-assisted verification workflows
Company
Luxoft
Luxoft is an IT company that works globally to give customers software development, product engineering, and consulting.
Founded in 2000
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$102.4MKey Investors
VTB Capital Investment Management
2019-01-07Acquired
2013-12-13Post Ipo Equity· $42.4M
2013-06-26IPO
Leadership Team
James Hopson
CTO Mobile and Network Solutions
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