Design Verification Engineer Career Path
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The career path for a
Based on 9 Jobtrees users who were a Design Verification Engineer in their career, on average, they have 2.97 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 4.1 years on average and earn $98K per year on average in this less senior role.
33% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Design Verification Engineer are Verification Engineer, Applications Engineer and Intern. Verification Engineer, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs. While Verification Engineer is from the same job family, Engineering - Product, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Applications Engineer, also being a common career path from Design Verification Engineer.
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How can I become a
The most common career steps to get to Design Verification Engineer are Quality Assurance Intern, Senior Hardware Engineer and Engineering Intern based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
Quality Assurance Intern, the most common step before Design Verification Engineer, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a higher title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. Focus more on the scope of the next role than title progression in building a path to Design Verification Engineer.
While Quality Assurance Intern is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Design Verification Engineer that is an overwhelmingly common path. Another characteristic of the Design Verification Engineer career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary. This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Design Verification Engineer so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
While Quality Assurance Intern isn't from the same job family as Design Verification Engineer, Engineering - Product, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Senior Hardware Engineer also being a common career path to Design Verification Engineer.
What should I know about the career path
Design Verification Engineer is a role that people spend a significant amount of time in before moving on. In roles like this that are less senior, this can mean there is room to grow within the role but can also mean there isn't a clear career path so make sure you have a clear sense of you path before pursuing this.
Design Verification Engineer is part of the Engineering - Product job family which has a variety of unique role within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Design Verification Engineer.