Senior Verification Engineer (AI Hardware)

Location: Based in either the Bristol or London office in the UK

Company

hirify.global is developing chips and systems designed to accelerate inference for frontier AI models, targeting high-throughput data-centre applications.

What you will do

• Verify ML/AI integrated-circuit products through pre-silicon RTL verification.
• Build verification environments, testbenches, stimulus, checkers, and functional hardware models.
• Plan verification from specifications and define and close functional coverage.
• Read and debug SystemVerilog RTL and investigate waveform behaviour.
• Collaborate with modelling, system architecture, RTL design, hardware, software, and silicon teams.
• Improve hardware development workflows and increase tape-out quality while reducing costs.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience in verification, with an ideal background of 6+ years.
• Strong software development skills in Python or another object-oriented language such as C++.
• Understanding of digital hardware concepts.
• Ability to read and debug RTL in SystemVerilog.
• Familiarity with debugging waveforms.
• Ability to work from the Bristol or London office in the UK.

Nice to have

• Pre-silicon RTL verification planning and execution, testbench development, stimulus creation, checkers, and coverage closure.
• UVM, Transaction-Level Modelling, SystemVerilog Assertions, or formal verification.
• Cocotb, Verilator, Icarus Verilog, commercial EDA tools, or multiple programming languages.
• Experience with monorepos and Bazel or participation in architecture discussions.

Culture & Benefits

• High-impact work in a small, collaborative, and fast-paced team.
• Ownership and autonomy with direct collaboration with top leadership.
• Close cooperation across hardware, software, silicon, and modelling disciplines.
• Competitive salary reflecting experience and the specialist nature of the role.
• Meaningful equity, private medical, dental and vision coverage, contributory pension, 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and life or critical illness insurance.
• Inclusive office environment focused on diverse perspectives and rigorous engineering.

Hiring process

• Additional eligibility checks may be required because the work is subject to UK, US, and other international export-control regulations.