Staff Design Verification Engineer (CPU)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States. Proof of the right to work in the United States is required, along with authorization to access export-controlled technology or the ability to obtain the necessary export license or approval.

Company

hirify.global develops high-performance RISC-V compute platforms for applications including artificial intelligence, automotive, data centers, mobile, and consumer technology.

What you will do

• Own verification planning and execution for high-performance out-of-order CPU core areas, including Frontend, Midcore, Load-Store Unit, and Hardware Prefetch.
• Drive block-level and core-level planning, debug, coverage analysis, and coverage closure for complex CPU features.
• Define verification strategies for instruction fetch, branch prediction, issue and dispatch, pipeline interactions, load/store ordering, hazards, memory consistency, and hardware prefetch.
• Develop verification environments, checkers, scoreboards, assertions, stimulus, and coverage models using scalable methodologies.
• Work with architecture, RTL, performance, and verification teams to clarify specifications, identify risks, and improve design debugability.
• Lead failure analysis, root-cause debugging, reusable infrastructure, and technical guidance across future CPU core generations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant ASIC, CPU/core, or SoC design verification experience; the posting also references 5–8 years of relevant IP/component functional verification experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with SystemVerilog and UVM-based verification.
• Direct CPU/core verification experience and a deep understanding of computer architecture and CPU microarchitecture.
• Experience with high-performance CPU areas such as Frontend, Midcore, Load-Store Unit, memory ordering and consistency, or hardware prefetch.
• Knowledge of verification planning, constrained-random or directed stimulus, failure analysis, coverage analysis, coverage closure, and object-oriented programming principles.

Nice to have

• Out-of-order core verification experience.
• Formal verification or emulation experience for high-risk or performance-sensitive problems.
• Collaboration with performance, compiler, system verification, and software teams.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing verification methodology beyond an immediate block or feature.
• Python, C/C++, or other programming and scripting experience for design verification infrastructure and automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with architecture, design, performance, verification, compiler, system verification, and software teams.
• Comprehensive benefits package that may include healthcare, retirement plans, and paid time off.
• Eligibility for variable or incentive compensation and/or equity in addition to base pay.
• Inclusive equal-opportunity workplace committed to diversity.

Hiring process

• Successful background and reference checks are required.
• Employment requires completion of Form I-9 and verification of employment eligibility.