Principal Design Verification Engineer (AI Fabric Switches)

Location: San Jose, California, United States; other location: California. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US and able to start immediately.

Base salary: USD 185,000.00–240,000.00 annually, determined by location, experience, and comparable employee compensation.

Company

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

What you will do

• Own the full verification lifecycle for complex ASIC designs, from planning and test development through debugging and coverage closure.
• Develop and deploy hybrid directed and constrained-random verification techniques.
• Write test plans and test sequences to generate stimuli and validate design functionality.
• Identify stimulus and corner-case coverage measures and close coverage holes before tape-out.
• Collaborate with RTL designers, software teams, and system validation teams to debug failures and execute test plans on emulation platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related technical field; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• At least 8 years of experience verifying and validating complex SoCs for server, storage, and networking applications.
• Full verification lifecycle experience using SystemVerilog, UVM, C, and C++.
• Experience with directed and constrained-random verification, test planning, stimulus generation, debugging, and coverage closure.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize multiple tasks, and operate with minimal guidance.
• Knowledge of industry-standard simulators, revision control systems, and regression systems.
• Ability to collaborate with RTL designers to debug failures and identify verification gaps.
• US work authorization and immediate availability are required.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Perl or Python scripting experience for verification infrastructure automation.
• Experience with third-party Verification IP and protocols including PCI Express Gen 3+, Ethernet, InfiniBand, DDR4/5, NVMe, or USB.
• Experience with formal methods, directed-test methodologies, cache verification, or emulation.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an environment focused on creativity, innovation, and diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences.
• Applicants from diverse backgrounds, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.