Lead ASIC Verification Engineer (ASIC)

Location: Remote within the United States; office locations include Scottsdale, AZ; San Jose, CA; Boise, ID; and Salt Lake City, UT. U.S. citizenship is required.

Salary: USD $173,032–$190,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops high-technology defense and scientific solutions, including secure processors, anti-tamper architectures, cryptographic IP, and integrated firmware/software for government cybersecurity and survivability requirements.

What you will do

• Lead ASIC verification at block, subsystem, and full-chip levels for the Bittercloud II program.
• Develop verification plans, schedules, coverage goals, completion criteria, procedures, and reports.
• Build reusable SystemVerilog/UVM test environments, verification components, and register models.
• Plan and execute simulation, regression, formal verification, emulation, and related coverage activities.
• Investigate failures, determine root causes, verify corrective actions, and manage requirements traceability through defect closure.
• Provide technical direction and mentoring, present verification status and risks, and support design reviews, vendor oversight, proposals, estimates, and program planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related science, engineering, or mathematics field, plus at least 10 years of relevant experience; or a master's degree plus at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Department of Defense Secret security clearance obtainable within a reasonable time and eligibility for access to classified information.
• Strong knowledge of ASIC and SoC verification processes, RTL, digital logic, interfaces, clocks, and resets.
• Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog, UVM, assertions, coverage, regression testing, reusable testbench components, and register models.
• Experience converting requirements into measurable verification objectives and tests, debugging simulations, and determining root causes.
• Experience with Perl, Tcl, Bash, or Python; ASIC simulation and debug tools such as VCS, Verdi, or Questa; Linux; version control; and automated regression environments.
• Ability to communicate technical results clearly, lead multiple activities while maintaining quality and schedule, and demonstrate technical judgment, mentoring, and problem-solving skills.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of the classified defense work.

Nice to have

• Experience with formal verification, CDC/RDC analysis, or low-power verification.
• Experience with emulation, silicon bring-up, post-silicon validation, third-party IP, or complex interfaces.
• Experience in an Agile development environment.
• Experience with vendor oversight, proposals, estimates, or program controls.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work environment with contributions recognized and rewarded.
• Competitive benefits and a shared sense of purpose within a global team of more than 12,000 professionals.
• Work supports defense and scientific missions and requires trust, honesty, alignment, and transparency.