Principal Design Verification Engineer (ASIC/SystemVerilog)

Location: California, United States

Salary: $185,000–$230,000 per year, depending on experience, level, and business need. Additional discretionary bonus, incentives, and benefits may be available.

Company

hirify.global provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through semiconductor-based connectivity solutions and software for hyperscalers and ecosystem partners.

What you will do

• Lead functional verification of advanced ASICs, including planning, test development, execution, and coverage analysis.
• Develop and execute directed and constrained-random verification using SystemVerilog, UVM, and industry-standard tools.
• Collaborate with software and system validation teams on emulation-platform test plans.
• Debug test failures, analyze coverage, and close functional verification gaps.
• Work with RTL designers to troubleshoot and resolve design issues.
• Drive verification strategy and methodology for SoCs used in server and networking applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• 8+ years of SoC verification experience, particularly in server and networking applications.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog/UVM and experience across the full verification lifecycle.
• Proficiency with industry-standard simulators, version control, and regression systems.
• Strong debugging, coverage analysis, test-sequence, stimulus-generation, and verification-hole identification skills.
• Experience verifying switching architectures, including packet-processing and forwarding engines, with the ability to work independently and communicate effectively.

Nice to have

• Experience with third-party Verification IP for PCIe, Ethernet, or InfiniBand.
• Background in Network-on-Chip architectures for smart NICs and AI accelerators.
• Knowledge of Ethernet/PCIe switching and central buffer architectures.
• Experience with emulation platforms and hardware-software co-verification.

Culture & Benefits

• Bonus, incentives, and benefits may be available based on business eligibility.
• Applications are encouraged from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences.