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Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Verification - Pixel Pipe
Posted: 04/28/2026
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Number: 31748
Job Location: Onsite
Industry: SOFT - Software Companies
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Verification - Pixel Pipe
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Verification - Pixel Pipe with our client located in Austin, TX.
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Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Verification - Pixel Pipe with our client located in Austin, TX.
Job Description:
- This individual contributor role will help lead to the verification strategy and hands-on validation of pixel pipeline designs, ensuring functional correctness, performance integrity, and architectural intent.
- The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in GPU design verification, a deep understanding of fixed-function graphics pipelines, and a collaborative mindset that enables alignment across hardware design and software teams in parallel development cycles.
Job Responsibilities:
- Contribute to and help lead verification strategy and execution for pixel processing stages by developing comprehensive verification plans, defining goals, coverage metrics, and sign-off criteria aligned with architectural specifications and product requirements.
- Architect, implement, and maintain advanced verification environments with scalable testbenches using System Verilog, UVM, and C++, developing test code in parallel with RTL and applying constrained-random, coverage-driven, and assertion-based methodologies to validate complex fixed-function behavior.
- Ensure functional and performance excellence by creating targeted test scenarios that stress pixel pipeline stages, including rasterization, interpolation, depth/stencil testing, blending, and other fixed-function units, covering corner cases, performance-sensitive paths, and real-world rendering workloads.
- Drive complex debug and issue resolution by analyzing failures across pixel pipeline stages, identifying root causes, and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure alignment with architectural intent and system-level behavior.
- Advance best practices by maintaining technical documentation and staying ahead of emerging GPU and verification technologies.
Job Qualifications:
- 11+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or 9+ years of experience with a Master’s Degree, or 7+ years of experience with a Ph.D.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in GPU, CPU, or advanced semiconductor design verification In-depth understanding of computer architecture and graphics pipelines
- Strong programming skills in C/C++, Python, PERL, or equivalent
- Strong expertise in System Verilog, including constrained-random verification, functional coverage, and assertion-based methodologies
- Experience with graphics APIs (e.g., Vulkan, OpenGL, GLES, DirectX), with the ability to translate real-world workloads into effective verification scenarios
- Excellent debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to identify bottlenecks, propose solutions and guide teams through implementation.
- Travel: Up to 25% travel, including travel within the U.S. and Latin America
Job Details:
- Job Type: Contract
- Pay Range: $85 - $95 an hour.
- Location: Austin, TX.
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
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