Senior ASIC Designers (AI)

Location: On-site in Santa Clara, California, or Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Relocation assistance is available to one of the office hubs.

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage startup developing memory acceleration and high-performance computing architecture for AI and modern data centers.

What you will do

• Design RTL for IPs, subsystems, and SoCs supporting the silicon roadmap.
• Define IP and SoC microarchitecture specifications and design methodologies.
• Lead design reviews and optimize designs against aggressive power, performance, and area targets.
• Coordinate with architecture, verification, physical design, firmware, DFT, and post-silicon teams to ensure system-level functionality.
• Manage dependencies and resolve roadblocks with external IP vendors, foundries, and EDA tool providers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of ASIC/SoC digital design experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of the full ASIC/SoC lifecycle, from microarchitecture through tape-out in advanced process technologies.
• Expertise in microarchitecture, RTL coding with Verilog/SystemVerilog, synthesis, STA/timing closure, physical design, and verification methodologies.
• Experience optimizing PPA and integrating major subsystems such as interconnect, I/O, and memory.
• Leadership, communication, stakeholder management, risk coordination, and the ability to work under tight schedules and budget constraints.

Nice to have

• Design experience with Ethernet, UCIe, UALink, or similar industry standards and protocol stacks.
• Advanced silicon device design and tape-out experience.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience managing external design partners, IP vendors, and foundries.
• Knowledge of design-for-testability, post-silicon debug, validation, and manufacturing test.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-based bonus and early-stage equity grant.
• Employer-paid health, dental, vision, life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) match with immediate vesting, financial advisors, fitness stipend, and wellness and mental health benefits.
• 20 vacation days, 15 company holidays, and a daily lunch stipend.
• Enterprise-level Claude and ChatGPT access, on-site parking, EV charging, and office fitness facilities or gym discounts.
• Collaborative, continuous-learning environment focused on rigor, clarity, and high-impact AI infrastructure.