FPGA Design Engineer

Location: Roseville, California, USA; local to the Bay Area required

Base pay: $110,000–$170,000 per year, plus potential discretionary bonuses and equity.

Company

hirify.global develops client-to-cloud networking solutions for data centers, campuses, routing environments, and AI clusters.

What you will do

• Develop, integrate, simulate, and verify Verilog and SystemVerilog RTL, including custom testbenches.
• Execute FPGA synthesis, place and route, timing closure, and in-system hardware debugging.
• Drive system-level bring-up and debugging of next-generation network switch platforms with hardware and software teams.
• Review RTL code, PCB schematics, and board designs with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Develop Python, Tcl, AI, or shell scripts to automate FPGA design workflows and data processing.
• Support FPGA development from architectural requirements through production deployment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL design.
• Background in control-path design and on-chip bus interfaces such as I2C, SPI, MDIO, PCIe, or AXI.
• Must be local to the Bay Area and work in the Roseville, California area.
• Ability to collaborate across hardware, software, manufacturing, and system engineering functions.
• Experience interpreting board schematics and supporting FPGA verification, bring-up, and debugging.

Nice to have

• Ethernet data-path architecture and design experience.
• Streaming bus interfaces such as AXI-Stream.
• FPGA resource management and timing closure experience.
• Python, Tcl, or scripting experience for EDA tool automation.
• Lab validation experience with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and vendor-specific debug tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with cross-functional hardware, software, and manufacturing engineering teams.
• Build networking products for enterprise campuses, hyperscale data centers, and AI clusters.
• US-based employees receive medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings, and income protection benefits.
• Potential eligibility for discretionary bonuses and equity.