Senior Design Verification Engineer (AI)

Location: United States; remote work is available across Eastern and Central Time Zones, with onsite opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Boulder, Virginia, San Mateo, and Mountain View.

Salary: Compensation varies by experience, technical expertise, and location; listed base salary ranges include $150,000–$190,000, $200,000–$300,000, $250,000–$400,000, and $250,000 base plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is partnering with a well-funded, early-stage AI hardware startup building an AI inference platform combining custom silicon, systems, and software.

What you will do

• Own verification for a major functional area across IP, subsystem, SoC, and full-chip programs.
• Define verification strategies, test plans, stimulus, and coverage models.
• Develop reusable UVM-based verification environments and AI-assisted verification workflows.
• Debug complex design issues and drive functional coverage closure with architecture, RTL, and software teams.
• Improve verification methodologies for future silicon programs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on pre-silicon verification experience on complex ASIC or SoC programs.
• Experience with block or subsystem verification, CPU subsystems, IP integration, full-chip verification, hardware emulation, DMA, NoC, or die-to-die protocols.
• Deep knowledge of UVM, constrained-random verification, and scalable testbench architecture.
• Experience translating hardware and software specifications into verification strategies.
• Ownership of verification planning through functional coverage closure and ability to deliver against aggressive schedules.
• Strong collaboration skills in a fast-moving startup environment.

Nice to have

• RISC-V architecture experience.
• Formal verification experience.
• Experience with Cadence Palladium, Siemens Veloce, or similar emulation platforms.
• Post-silicon validation or bring-up experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with an experienced engineering team from leading semiconductor and AI companies.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan and generous paid time off.
• Meaningful equity participation.