RTL Design Engineers
Remote, USA/Canada · Full-time · $100-175/hr
About the Role
We are sourcing senior digital chip design and verification engineers to support an AI evaluation program focused on frontier silicon / chip-design workflows. We are targeting the next couple of months and will prioritize truly strong contributors who can commit meaningful time.
Two parallel profiles — candidates may apply to either track:
Track 1: RTL Design Engineer
Qualifications
3–10 years of experience in digital RTL design
Strong proficiency in Verilog / SystemVerilog
Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals: FSMs, datapaths, pipelines, FIFOs, arbiters, clock/reset domains, bus protocols
Experience with ASIC design flows: lint, synthesis, timing analysis, CDC, DFT-aware design
Familiarity with common EDA tools for simulation, waveform debug, lint, CDC, synthesis, timing analysis
Familiarity with leveraging LLM-based tools to accelerate chip design, RTL development, debug, documentation, or verification workflows
Ability to write clear design documentation and communicate technical tradeoffs
Experience debugging RTL issues using simulation logs and waveform viewers
Strong collaboration skills across architecture, verification, and implementation teams
Preferred
AMBA protocols (AXI, AHB, APB)
Background in one or more of: CPU, GPU / ML accelerator, networking, memory subsystem, PCIe / high-speed IO, SoC interconnect, low-power design
Exposure to formal verification or SV/UVM-based design verification
Track 2: Design Verification Engineer
Qualifications
3–10 years of experience in design verification
Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog and UVM
Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals: FSMs, datapaths, pipelines, FIFOs, arbiters, clock/reset domains, bus protocols
Experience developing reusable verification components and testbench infrastructure
Constrained-random verification, functional coverage, assertions (SVA), coverage closure
Familiarity with EDA tools for simulation, waveform debug, coverage analysis, formal verification, regression management
Familiarity with LLM-based tools to accelerate verification, debug, test generation, documentation, or coverage analysis
Ability to write clear verification plans, debug reports, and technical documentation
Preferred
AMBA protocols (AXI, AHB, APB)
Background in one or more of: CPU, GPU / ML accelerator, networking, memory subsystem, PCIe / high-speed IO, SoC interconnect, low-power verification
Reusable verification IP, scoreboards, reference models, coverage-driven regression flows
Logistics
Location: Remote, USA and Canada only
Commitment: Full-time preferred; high availability required (40 hours)
Duration: Target engagement of ~3+ months, starting week of 04/23
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