ASIC/SoC Design & Verification Engineer

1 month ago
Part-time
Senior
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Weekday

Weekday

Weekday helps companies hire engineers who are vouched by other software engineers, enabling passive income for engineers. They offer services like drafting outreach messages, shortlisting candidates, and conducting reference checks. Backed by Y Combin...

Construction & Engineering
11-50
Founded 2020

Description

  • Design realistic chip architecture, RTL, debugging, and verification challenges based on real engineering experience.
  • Develop reference solutions, including RTL implementations, verification environments, testbenches, and supporting documentation using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
  • Evaluate AI-generated hardware solutions and provide detailed technical feedback on strengths and weaknesses.
  • Analyze where AI models struggle with hardware engineering concepts, debugging, verification strategies, and design trade-offs.
  • Collaborate with fellow hardware engineers to maintain consistency, technical accuracy, and high-quality engineering standards.
  • Help improve AI understanding of digital design methodologies, verification practices, and semiconductor development workflows.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience in ASIC and/or SoC design, functional verification, or digital hardware development, preferably involving production silicon or tapeout projects.
  • Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog and Verilog.
  • Experience with industry-standard EDA tools such as Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa, VC Formal, Verdi, or equivalent open-source tools including Icarus Verilog, Verilator, Cocotb, Yosys, and OpenROAD.
  • Strong understanding of interface protocols, clock-domain crossing (CDC), handshaking, backpressure, and multi-module data flow.
  • Deep expertise in one or more areas such as RTL design and microarchitecture, functional verification, IP integration and SoC bring-up, formal verification and coverage closure, timing closure and PPA optimization, analog/mixed-signal verification, or hardware specification development and documentation.
  • Ability to commit 20–40 hours per week with reliable weekday availability.
  • Strong written communication skills and ability to work independently in a remote environment.
  • Graduate research or industry experience in semiconductor design, verification, or computer architecture (preferred).
  • Experience participating in AI model training, evaluation, data annotation, or technical benchmarking projects (preferred).
  • Familiarity with modern AI-assisted engineering tools and automated hardware design workflows (preferred).
  • Experience mentoring engineers or reviewing complex technical designs (preferred).

Benefits

  • Compensation of $70–$100 per hour.
  • Fully remote engagement with flexible working hours.
  • Approximate commitment of 20–40 hours per week.
  • Independent contractor arrangement.
  • Weekly payments based on approved work completed.
  • Opportunity for continued collaboration based on performance.
  • Reasonable accommodations available during the application and engagement process.

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