Engineer, ASIC Design Verification

Location: San Jose (on-site)

Ayar Labs is shattering AI data bottlenecks by moving data at the speed of light. As pioneers of co-packaged optics (CPO), we are using light instead of electricity to move data faster, further, and with a fraction of the energy needed to fuel the explosive growth of AI models.

Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, AMD and Intel and manufactured in partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor ecosystem, Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics solution is key to unleashing next-generation AI scale-up architectures.

We are seeking an Entry-Level Digital Verification Engineer to join our hardware engineering team. In this role, you will help verify digital designs used in semiconductor, FPGA, ASIC, or SoC products. You will work closely with design engineers, verification engineers, and system architects to ensure that digital circuits meet functional, performance, and quality requirements before production.

This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate or early-career engineer interested in digital logic, computer architecture, hardware verification, and semiconductor development.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute verification test plans for digital blocks, subsystems, or SoC-level designs.
• Create and maintain testbenches using SystemVerilog, UVM, Verilog, or related verification methodologies.
• Write directed and constrained-random tests to validate design functionality.
• Debug simulation failures and work with design engineers to identify root causes.
• Develop functional coverage models and track verification progress.
• Run regressions and analyze simulation results.
• Support verification of RTL designs for ASIC, FPGA, or SoC projects.
• Document verification results, issues, and test procedures.
• Participate in design and verification reviews.
• Learn and apply industry-standard verification tools and methodologies.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Basic understanding of digital logic design concepts, including finite state machines, pipelines, registers, memory, and timing.
• Familiarity with Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
• Exposure to simulation and debugging tools.
• Basic programming or scripting experience in Python, Perl, Tcl, C/C , or similar languages.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative engineering environment.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Academic or internship experience with ASIC, FPGA, or SoC verification.
• Familiarity with UVM or object-oriented programming concepts.
• Experience using EDA tools from Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens EDA, or similar vendors.
• Understanding of computer architecture, bus protocols, or embedded systems.
• Knowledge of coverage-driven verification.
• Experience with version control tools such as Git.
• Familiarity with Linux-based development environments.
• Skills and Competencies
• Strong attention to detail.Curiosity and willingness to learn complex technical concepts.
• Ability to debug technical issues methodically.
• Comfortable reading RTL code and technical specifications.
• Ability to manage tasks and communicate progress clearly.
• Interest in semiconductor design, hardware systems, and verification methodology.
  
  

What You Will Gain

• Hands-on experience with digital verification methodologies.
• Exposure to ASIC, FPGA, or SoC development flows.
• Mentorship from experienced design and verification engineers.
• Opportunity to work on real-world hardware products.
• Career growth path toward verification engineering, design engineering, SoC architecture, or validation engineering roles.
  
  

Salary Range: $130,000 - $150,000

Note To Recruiters

Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don’t send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.

Ayar Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, sex, national origin, race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of Ayar Labs to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.