Principal Engineer, SOC Design

Location: Daily onsite presence is required at the San Jose or Folsom office in the United States.

Salary: $219,000–$351,000 USD base pay range annually, with additional incentive opportunities.

Company

hirify.global develops memory and storage technologies for smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, IoT devices, and other computing systems.

What you will do

• Define architectures and own the microarchitecture of subsystems and chip-level designs.
• Lead top-level integration, logic design, RTL implementation, and design quality checks.
• Review and integrate third-party IP, including ARM cores, DDR controllers, and UCIe PHYs.
• Collaborate with architects and verification engineers to ensure sound SoC-level designs.
• Work with physical design teams on timing constraints, synthesis, DFT insertion, and static timing analysis.
• Develop prototype and production controllers that enhance memory and storage capabilities for machine learning, data analytics, and edge computing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years of industry experience, master’s degree with 18+ years, or PhD with 15+ years in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with ASIC design flows from design through tape-out.
• Experience with ATE vector generation, testing, and silicon bring-up.
• Experience with commercial IP and interfaces such as UCIe, CPU, Ethernet, and DDR.
• Experience with SoC synthesis, timing analysis, lint, CDC checks, AMBA bus fabrics, and ARM cores.
• Understanding of performance, power, and area trade-offs, plus experience coordinating with third-party DFT, PI, and physical design service providers.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and diverse workplace focused on innovation, collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning.
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
• 4+ weeks of paid time off annually, plus holidays and sick leave.
• Family support benefits, including fertility and adoption stipends, medical travel support, and virtual veterinary care.
• Emotional wellness resources, including confidential therapy sessions and on-demand wellbeing apps.
• Onsite café and gym, virtual fitness classes, charitable giving match, and a flexible work environment within the onsite policy.