Principal Design Engineer (ASIC)

Location: San Jose, California, United States. Authorized to work in the US and able to start immediately.

Base salary: $185,000–$240,000 USD annually, determined by location, experience, and compensation for similar positions.

Company

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

What you will do

• Develop micro-architecture and front-end circuit designs for high-performance network controllers.
• Own RTL development, synthesis, IP integration, simulations, timing closure, GLS, and block-level verification.
• Drive full-chip or block-level designs from architecture through GDS and production.
• Work with PCIe, UALink, Esun, Ethernet, and other high-speed communication protocols.
• Support silicon bring-up, debugging, DFT implementation, and scan test insertion.
• Prioritize multiple tasks, prepare for customer meetings, and work with minimal guidance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required; Master’s degree preferred.
• More than 8 years of experience supporting or developing complex SoC or silicon products for switch ASIC, networking, server, or storage applications.
• Thorough hands-on knowledge of high-speed protocols, including PCIe, UALink, Esun, and Ethernet.
• Proven front-end design expertise covering architecture, RTL, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, GLS, and DFT.
• Experience owning full-chip or block-level designs from architecture to GDS and production.
• Experience with Synopsys and/or Cadence digital design tools and flows.
• Knowledge of DFT, stuck-at testing, and transition scan test insertion.
• Familiarity with UVM-based design verification, silicon bring-up, and debugging.
• Experience designing with small-geometry CMOS at 28 nm or smaller.
• US work authorization required.
• Professional attitude, ability to manage changing priorities, customer focus, entrepreneurial mindset, and can-do attitude.

Nice to have

• Firmware development in C.
• Scripting with Python or equivalent programming languages.
• Experience developing or supporting PCIe or Ethernet switch products.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on rack-scale AI infrastructure and custom connectivity solutions for hyperscalers and ecosystem partners.
• Collaborative environment built around diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences.
• Applications are encouraged from people with relevant experience across diverse backgrounds, including veterans, parents, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, and people of color.