ASIC/SoC Design & Verification Engineer

Join a leading AI lab as an ASIC/SoC Design & Verification Engineer, helping train and evaluate next-generation AI models on real-world chip engineering tasks. This remote W-2 role is ideal for engineers with hands-on ASIC/SoC design or verification experience who can create realistic hardware engineering problems, develop reference RTL and verification environments, and evaluate AI-generated solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Create Real-World Hardware Engineering Tasks

• Design realistic ASIC/SoC engineering problems based on practical industry experience.
• Develop challenges involving RTL design, debugging, verification, and silicon development.

Build Reference Solutions

• Implement reference RTL, testbenches, and supporting materials using SystemVerilog/Verilog.
• Prepare complete engineering solutions for AI evaluation.

Evaluate AI Performance

• Test AI-generated hardware solutions against expert reference implementations.
• Identify capability gaps, reasoning errors, and verification failures.
• Document findings to improve AI performance.

Collaborate with Engineering Experts

• Review tasks created by fellow engineers.
• Maintain consistent technical quality and engineering rigor across the project.

Ideal Qualifications

• Hands-on ASIC/SoC design and/or functional verification experience.
• Experience working on production silicon or tapeout projects.
• Strong SystemVerilog and Verilog skills.
• Experience with industry EDA tools such as:
  • Synopsys VCS
  • Cadence Xcelium
  • Siemens Questa
  • VC Formal
  • Verdi
• Or open-source alternatives including:
  • Verilator
  • Icarus Verilog
  • CocoTB
  • Yosys
  • OpenROAD
• Expertise in one or more of:
  • RTL Design & Microarchitecture
  • Functional Verification (UVM, SVA, CocoTB)
  • Formal Verification
  • Coverage Closure
  • Timing & Synthesis Optimization
  • IP Integration (PCIe, DDR, ARM/AXI, NoC)
  • Analog/Mixed-Signal Verification
  • Specification Development

Compensation

• $70–$100 per hour

Job Details

• Remote (United States)
• W-2 Contingent Role
• Part-time (20–40 hours/week)

About Cincinnatus

Cincinnatus partners with leading AI labs to employ highly skilled professionals on long-term AI research initiatives. Employees work directly with client engineering teams while receiving payroll, benefits, and employment support through Cincinnatus.