Senior Hardware Design Engineer (AI)

Location: Onsite in San Jose, California, or Austin, Texas, United States

Salary: $120,000–$200,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops a full-stack generative AI platform, including the SN40L chip and integrated on-premises and cloud solutions for enterprise and government organizations.

What you will do

• Author microarchitecture specifications for compute, memory, or networking subsystems with principal engineers and architects.
• Code, integrate, and debug SystemVerilog RTL for assigned ASIC blocks throughout implementation and production.
• Optimize blocks against Power, Performance, and Area targets using advanced digital design techniques.
• Collaborate with verification and physical design engineers on functionality, timing, and area convergence.
• Implement SystemVerilog Assertions and run lint, CDC, and LEC flows.
• Participate in design reviews and support tapeout, silicon bring-up, and post-silicon debugging.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with 3–5 years of relevant experience, or bachelor's degree with 5–7 years.
• Strong foundation in computer architecture, digital logic design, and SystemVerilog RTL design for high-performance ASICs.
• Experience making Power, Performance, and Area trade-offs and using synthesis tools and Static Timing Analysis.
• Knowledge of interconnects and protocols such as AXI, PCIe, Ethernet, HBM, or DDR.
• Experience with linting, Clock Domain Crossing, Logical Equivalence Checking, SystemVerilog Assertions, and hardware performance analysis.
• Python and Linux shell scripting skills, Git familiarity, and ability to work onsite in San Jose or Austin.

Nice to have

• Experience with the full ASIC development cycle through tapeout and production silicon.
• Knowledge of AI workload acceleration techniques and low-power design methods such as clock gating or DVFS.
• Exposure to emulation or FPGA prototyping for pre-silicon validation.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time US employment includes base salary, equity, and benefits.
• Medical insurance is covered at 95% for employees and 77% for dependents, with an employer-contributed HSA.
• Dental, vision, disability, life, AD&D, and flexible spending account options are available.
• Well-being benefits include Headspace, Gympass+, One Medical, and counseling through an Employee Assistance Program.