Interconnect Design Engineer (RISC-V/Chisel)

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States. Right to work in the United States is required.

Base salary: $139,752–$170,808 per year, plus potential variable or incentive compensation and equity.

Company

hirify.global develops customizable RISC-V CPU, interconnect, and infrastructure IP for advanced SoC applications.

What you will do

• Design and implement TileLink interconnects, cache controllers, protocol bridges, and other uncore infrastructure as Chisel RTL generators.
• Develop self-configuring RTL generators and add extensive configurability to hardware designs.
• Improve performance, efficiency, and coherence across multi-core and multi-system designs.
• Integrate hardware IP into the Chisel/FIRRTL framework and improve automated configuration, documentation, verification, testing, and software packaging.
• Perform initial verification and collaborate with the design verification team on thorough test plans.
• Document designs and share technical knowledge through collaborative engineering.

Requirements

• Junior-level hardware engineering experience with a BS/MS in EE, CE, CS, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of cache and cache-coherency architectures and experience with NoC or other interconnect fabrics.
• Familiarity with AXI, AHB, APB, or CHI bus protocols and the ability to connect disparate bus fabrics.
• Strong software engineering background in functional programming, metaprogramming, compiler infrastructure, data modeling, and test-driven development.
• Proficiency in RTL design using Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
• Attention to detail, high-quality design practices, and effective collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Scala/Chisel, Bluespec, or another software-based language or DSL for configurable hardware.
• Knowledge of RISC-V architecture.
• Experience with Git/GitHub, Jira, or Confluence.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative engineering culture focused on knowledge sharing and team-based design.
• Healthcare and retirement plans may be included in the benefits package.
• Paid time off and other competitive benefits are available.
• Employment is subject to background and reference checks, employment eligibility verification, and export-control authorization requirements.