SoC Validation/FPGA Engineer (Senior Engineer II)

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor products and solutions, including FPGA and SoC technologies.

What you will do

• Lead SoC validation, silicon bring-up, and system-level debugging for advanced FPGA and SoC products.
• Develop validation plans, diagnostic software, and bare-metal firmware for ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V platforms.
• Debug hardware, firmware, and system interactions using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and FPGA debug tools.
• Validate PCIe, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I²C, UART, timers, watchdogs, and other subsystems.
• Collaborate with architecture, RTL, verification, firmware, and physical design teams to resolve issues from simulation through production silicon.
• Mentor junior engineers and use automation and AI-assisted development tools to improve validation efficiency.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 7+ years of experience, or MS with 6+ years.
• Strong experience with FPGA and SoC architectures, silicon validation, and system-level debug.
• Embedded software development in C/C++ and bare-metal firmware for ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V processors.
• Knowledge of JTAG, SVF, IEEE 1532, STAPL, embedded peripherals, and common interfaces.
• Familiarity with Verilog/VHDL and FPGA development flows.
• Excellent communication skills and a strong focus on quality engineering.

Nice to have

• High-speed SERDES bring-up and debugging experience.
• Knowledge of PCIe Gen3/4/5, Ethernet, USB 3.x, JESD204C, Interlaken, or related protocols.
• Experience with Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Perl, or Tcl.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on FPGA and SoC innovation across hardware, firmware, and system validation.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Access technical growth and leadership development opportunities.
• Travel requirement of 0%–25%.