Digital - Digital Design Engineer (title will reflect experience)

Location: On-site in the Bay Area, Vancouver, or Toronto; Monday to Friday on-site work is required.

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage chiplet startup developing technologies for high-volume, high-performance, manufacturable chiplet-based systems.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and integrate Ethernet PCS/PMA IPs for 100/200/400/800G data rates.
• Develop micro-architecture specifications and implement digital designs using SystemVerilog.
• Ensure compliance with IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards and optimize designs for power, area, and performance.
• Collaborate with verification engineers on IP verification and work with the physical design team on implementation.
• Participate in design reviews and maintain design collateral, including documentation, RTL, SDC constraints, UPF/CPF power intent definitions, and LINT/CDC rule files and waivers.
• Track industry trends, emerging technologies, and standards-body progress.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in high-speed digital design, preferably with retimer, gearbox, or Ethernet PMA/PCS logic.
• Strong expertise in RTL and assertion coding with SystemVerilog.
• Proficiency taking RTL through synthesis and producing a PPA-optimized frontend netlist.
• Knowledge of Ethernet 802.3 clauses related to 100G/200G/400G/800G, Auto-Negotiation, and Link Training.
• Strong bias for innovation across digital design, including automation of mundane activities and quality-improvement methods.
• Experience integrating third-party mixed-signal IPs.
• Proven experience working in a start-up-like environment.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of DRAM controllers/PHYs and HBM memory.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced early-stage startup environment.
• Cross-functional collaboration with experts working from first principles.
• Focus on innovation, design quality, and manufacturable high-performance products.
• Fun work environment with excellent benefits.