PCIe ASIC Design Engineer (AI/HPC)

Location: Remote within the United States; the role is associated with ASIC Engineering in Austin, Texas.

Company

hirify.global develops high-performance scale-out networking solutions for AI and HPC datacenters, integrating hardware, software, and system-level technologies.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end integration of PCIe IP into complex ASIC and SoC designs.
• Collaborate with IP vendors, architecture, verification, physical design, board, firmware, and software teams.
• Optimize PCIe performance from PHY tuning through DMA and transaction-layer efficiency.
• Contribute to IO and interconnect system architecture and microarchitecture for scalable HPC platforms.
• Lead PCIe silicon bring-up, lab validation, compliance, and interoperability testing.
• Debug RTL, gate-level, emulation, and silicon issues while mentoring junior engineers and defining development practices.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of ASIC/SoC design experience focused on PCIe controller integration.
• Deep knowledge of the PCIe protocol stack, including PHY, MAC, TLP, DLL, configuration space, and link training.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, high-speed interface debugging, PCIe verification, performance tuning, and power-aware design.
• Experience with PCIe compliance testing, VCS or Questa, protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, and Python, Perl, or TCL scripting.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to have

• PCIe Gen5/Gen6 and advanced retimer or switch experience.
• Exposure to CXL, CCIX, or other cache-coherent interconnects.
• Experience with AI/ML accelerator or datacenter architectures.
• Experience with ZeBu, Palladium, HAPS, or other emulation and prototyping platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible remote work environment within the United States.
• Cash compensation, equity, and performance-based incentives.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, dependent-care, accidental-injury, and pet insurance.
• Paid holidays, sick time, bonding leave, pregnancy disability leave, and Open Time Off for eligible full-time exempt employees.
• 401(k) plan with company match.