ASIC/SoC Design & Verification Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create realistic chip architectures, along with RTL, debugging, and verification tasks grounded in practical engineering experience.

• Develop comprehensive reference solutions, which include RTL implementations, verification environments, testbenches, and supporting documentation utilizing Verilog/SystemVerilog.

• Assess AI-generated hardware solutions, pinpoint strengths and weaknesses, and deliver thorough technical feedback.

• Examine the challenges AI models face concerning hardware engineering concepts, debugging, verification strategies, and design trade-offs.

• Work collaboratively with other hardware engineers to ensure consistency, technical precision, and high-quality engineering standards throughout all evaluation tasks.

• Contribute to enhancing AI’s comprehension of contemporary digital design methodologies, verification practices, and semiconductor development workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• Practical experience in **ASIC and/or SoC design**, functional verification, or digital hardware development, ideally involving production silicon or tapeout projects.

• Strong expertise in **SystemVerilog** and **Verilog**.

• Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools such as **Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa, VC Formal, Verdi**, or comparable open-source tools including **Icarus Verilog, Verilator, Cocotb, Yosys,** and **OpenROAD**.

• Solid understanding of system-level hardware concepts including interface protocols, clock-domain crossing (CDC), handshaking, backpressure, and multi-module data flow.

• Extensive knowledge in one or more of the following domains:

• - RTL Design and Microarchitecture

• - Functional Verification (UVM, SVA, Cocotb, testbench development)

• - IP Integration and SoC Bring-up (AXI, PCIe, DDR, NoC, ARM-based systems)

• - Formal Verification and Coverage Closure

• - Timing Closure, Synthesis, Power, Performance, and Area (PPA) Optimization

• - Analog/Mixed-Signal Design Verification

• - Hardware Specification Development and Technical Documentation

• Availability to dedicate **20–40 hours per week** with dependable weekday accessibility.

• Strong written communication skills along with the capability to work independently in a remote setting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.

• Flexible working hours.

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in the hardware engineering domain.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.