Principal Verification Engineer (ASIC)

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Salary: $185,000–$230,000 per year, depending on experience, level, and business need. Discretionary bonuses, incentives, and benefits may also be available.

Company

hirify.global provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through connectivity solutions based on CXL, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe, UALink, and its COSMOS software suite.

What you will do

• Lead functional verification for advanced ASICs, including planning, test development, execution, and coverage analysis.
• Develop and execute test plans with software and system validation teams on emulation platforms.
• Apply directed and constrained-random verification techniques using SystemVerilog, UVM, and related tools.
• Debug test failures, analyze coverage results, and close functional coverage gaps.
• Collaborate with RTL designers to troubleshoot and resolve design issues.
• Drive verification strategy and methodology for SoCs used in server and networking applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• 8+ years of SoC verification experience, particularly in server and networking applications.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM with experience across the full verification lifecycle.
• Experience with industry-standard simulators, version control, regression systems, test sequences, stimulus generation, and verification-hole identification.
• Strong debugging and coverage analysis skills.
• Experience verifying switching architectures, including packet processing and forwarding engines.

Nice to have

• Experience with third-party Verification IP for PCIe, Ethernet, or InfiniBand.
• Background in Network-on-Chip architectures for smart NICs and AI accelerators.
• Knowledge of Ethernet or PCIe switching and central buffer architectures.
• Experience with emulation platforms and hardware-software co-verification.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside hyperscalers and ecosystem partners on AI infrastructure connectivity solutions.
• Collaborative environment involving software, system validation, and RTL design teams.
• Discretionary bonus, incentives, and benefits may be available.
• Applications are encouraged from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.