Verification Engineer (AI Hardware)

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

Company

hirify.global develops chips and systems designed to accelerate inference for frontier AI models, targeting high-throughput generation and long-context workloads.

What you will do

• Verify RTL releases for ML/AI integrated-circuit products designed for data-centre scale-out.
• Work with modelling, system architecture, and RTL design colleagues on specifications, architecture, and verification workflows.
• Build verification environments, create stimulus and checkers, and define and close functional coverage.
• Develop functional models of hardware blocks and use software concepts to improve hardware verification practices.
• Improve tape-out quality, reduce development costs, and contribute to architecture discussions.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of relevant engineering experience is preferred.
• Strong software skills in Python or another object-oriented language such as C++.
• Understanding of digital hardware concepts.
• Ability to read and debug RTL in SystemVerilog and familiarity with waveform debugging.
• Detail-oriented, rigorous, collaborative, and willing to improve hardware and software development practices.

Nice to have

• Pre-silicon RTL verification experience, including verification planning, testbench development, stimulus creation, modelling, checker creation, and coverage closure.
• Transaction-level modelling with UVM, SystemC, or another methodology.
• SystemVerilog Assertions, formal verification, commercial EDA tools, or multiple programming languages.
• Experience with Cocotb, Verilator, Icarus Verilog, or monorepo development.

Culture & Benefits

• High-autonomy role with ownership of execution and direct collaboration with senior leadership.
• Close cooperation across hardware, software, silicon, and modelling teams.
• Fast-paced, open, pragmatic, and collaborative working environment.
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
• Private medical, dental and vision coverage, contributory pension, 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and life or critical illness insurance.

Hiring process

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