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Broadcom

Designs chips and software for data centers

Foundation IP Memory Verification Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026Deadline 2/15/27
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Yishun, Singapore
In Person
Hardware EngineeringHardware Validation & Testing

About the job

Requirements
  • Bachelor degree in Electronics or Computer Engineering.
  • At least 5 years of memory circuit-related experience.
Responsibilities
  • Contribute to memory design validation for custom memory macros and memory compilers.
  • Perform functional verification, identify root causes of design discrepancies, and help resolve them.
  • Perform signal integrity analysis, identify design weaknesses, and propose solutions.
  • Perform transistor-level simulations to check for power-up or lock-up issues and help resolve them.
  • Perform EM/IR analysis and simulations and evaluate impacts on timing and internal margins.
  • Perform transistor-level simulations to validate timing and internal margins, identify timing characterization gaps, and help resolve them.
  • Perform QA and validation checks to ensure accurate timing and power models.
  • Develop scripts to automate verification flows and data analysis.
  • Support silicon debugging and correlation to SPICE models.
  • Collaborate with memory designers to co-develop and improve memory characterization and validation flows.
  • Coordinate with memory design leads, modeling leads, and managers to define and execute the memory validation plan.
Desired Qualifications
  • Good understanding of transistor-level circuit behavior and device physics.
  • Good understanding of signal integrity analysis, EM/IR analysis, and reliability analysis.
  • Proficiency in running simulators and writing automation scripts, and familiarity with tools.
  • Understanding of memory behavioral and physical models.
  • Expertise in memory circuit design.
  • Understanding of DFT schemes and chip-level integration.
  • Good communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
  • Motivation, self-direction, and ability to multitask.
  • Passion for solving complex problems and willingness to learn.

About the company

Broadcom designs chips and sells infrastructure software for the companies that run large data centers, telecom networks and corporate IT. Its custom AI processors, built with cloud companies, and its Ethernet switch chips move and process data inside the computer clusters that train AI models. The chip business also makes parts for broadband, wireless, storage and industrial equipment, sold to device makers and cloud operators, while VMware software lets businesses run private clouds and is sold by subscription. Broadcom took its current form in 2016, when Avago Technologies, formed in 2005 from Agilent's chip unit, bought Broadcom Corporation, and it is based in Palo Alto, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2005

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What believers are saying

  • AI demand is surging: AI chip sales more than tripled to $16.7 billion in the quarter ended August 2026.
  • Big orders are booked ahead: Anthropic agreed in April 2026 to take 3.5 gigawatts of Broadcom-built TPU capacity from 2027.
  • Jobs sit on deep profits: Broadcom converts almost half its revenue into free cash, 46% in the August 2026 quarter.

What critics are saying

  • Jobs hinge on one channel: a single distributor bought 32% of Broadcom's fiscal 2025 revenue, up from 28%.
  • Regulators face pressure to act: in July 2026 European cloud firms urged EU antitrust chiefs to pause VMware partner cuts.
  • Software customers resent the pricing: Broadcom swapped VMware's permanent licenses for subscriptions, angering many corporate buyers.

What makes Broadcom unique

  • Broadcom builds chips that customers design: it turns Google's TPU AI processor designs into finished silicon.
  • Broadcom also runs a big software arm: infrastructure software, led by VMware, made 30% of quarterly revenue in August 2026.
  • Broadcom grows by buying: it acquired CA Technologies in 2018, Symantec's enterprise unit in 2019 and VMware in 2023.

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Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employee Assistance Program

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6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

11%

2 year growth

10%
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