Semiconductor Systems Engineer (C/C++/Python)

Location: Remote

Employment type: Full time

Company

hirify.global is recruiting for a semiconductor systems engineering opportunity focused on software, firmware, automation, and silicon validation.

What you will do

• Design and develop high-performance software for semiconductor design, verification, manufacturing, and validation workflows.
• Architect firmware, device drivers, and low-level software for advanced silicon platforms.
• Build scalable automation frameworks for EDA tools, build systems, and compute environments.
• Develop post-silicon validation, debugging, characterization, and data analysis tools.
• Optimize reliability, performance, and scalability across embedded, multicore, and distributed systems.
• Lead technical discussions, conduct code reviews, document designs, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with hardware, ASIC, FPGA, verification, and manufacturing teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant work in semiconductor or embedded systems environments.
• Expert-level programming skills in C, C++, and Python.
• Extensive experience with EDA tools, ASIC/SoC verification, silicon bring-up, or post-silicon validation.
• Strong understanding of hardware-software integration, embedded systems, debugging, performance optimization, Linux, scripting, automation frameworks, and HPC or cloud-based compute infrastructure.
• Experience with version control, CI/CD pipelines, modern software development practices, and technical leadership.

Nice to have

• Experience with SystemVerilog, UVM, Verilog, or VHDL.
• Knowledge of cloud-native EDA workflows, distributed computing, and AI/ML applications in semiconductor design.
• Experience with FPGA development, embedded Linux, or real-time operating systems.
• Previous experience leading engineering teams or driving large-scale technical initiatives.
• Master’s or Ph.D. in a related technical discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement.
• Collaboration across hardware, verification, manufacturing, and software engineering functions.
• Equal employment opportunity and a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.