Senior Custom ASIC Engineering Lead (AI)

Location: San Jose, California, USA

Annual base salary: $143,800–$230,000

Company

hirify.global develops infrastructure chips that enable customers to produce ASICs across semiconductor industry segments, including AI, HPC, networking, and storage.

What you will do

• Manage external customer ASIC programs from RFQs and technology or IP collateral through design, testing, packaging, fabrication, bring-up, and production.
• Advise customers on EDA tools, design flows, methodologies, and best practices, coordinating Q&A sessions with hirify.global technology experts.
• Assess design-quality and schedule risks, then coordinate mitigation actions with cross-functional teams.
• Execute physical design flows to verify customer tape-in netlists against hirify.global tape-out quality standards.
• Track developments in hirify.global IP, semiconductor technology, and end-user applications.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, legal, regulatory compliance, and other engineering teams.

Requirements

• Multiple tape-outs using advanced technology nodes.
• Ability to analyze PPA tradeoffs across library components and architectures.
• Knowledge of low-power design and power management.
• Hands-on experience with physical design, STA, EDA tools, design flows, logic simulation, testing, and packaging.
• Programming experience with TCL, shell, and scripting languages.
• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of related experience, or master’s degree with 10+ years of related experience.

Nice to have

• Exposure to SERDES communication protocols.
• Experience with logic design, chip architecture, microarchitecture, Verilog RTL coding, front-end logic design verification, DRC, or logic synthesis.
• Knowledge of DFT methods, including scan, memory BIST, and repair.

Culture & Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus and eligibility for new-hire and annual equity awards.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) participation with company matching and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Employee Assistance Program, paid holidays, paid sick leave, vacation, and applicable family and other leave.