Remote | ASIC/SoC Hardware Design & Verification Engineer — $65–$95/hour

24-Mag • New York, NY

2d • Remote

About The Position

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for US-based ASIC and SoC engineers with hands-on experience in RTL design, functional verification, hardware debugging, IP integration, timing closure, or production silicon development. This role supports an advanced AI initiative focused on improving how models understand and solve real-world semiconductor engineering problems. Selected engineers will create realistic chip design and verification tasks, develop complete reference solutions using SystemVerilog or Verilog, evaluate model-generated responses, and apply practical engineering judgment gained through design, debugging, verification, and tapeout workflows.

Requirements

• Strong candidates may have: Hands-on experience in ASIC or SoC design, functional verification, formal verification, or related semiconductor engineering
• Strong fluency in SystemVerilog, Verilog, or both
• Experience with production silicon, tapeout, IP development, chip integration, or subsystem verification
• Solid knowledge of interface protocols, handshaking, backpressure, multiple clock domains, and multi-module dataflow
• Experience working independently on complex design or verification problems
• Strong written communication and the ability to explain hardware engineering decisions clearly
• Reliable availability for approximately 20–40 hours per week
• A degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, electronics engineering, computer science, or a related technical field is highly relevant
• Equivalent hands-on engineering experience may also be considered

Nice To Haves

• Experience with RTL design, microarchitecture, or custom IP development
• Background in IP integration, bring-up, or system configuration involving NoC, PCIe, DDR, ARM, or AXI
• Experience with UVM, SVA, CocoTB, testbench architecture, or coverage-driven verification
• Familiarity with formal verification, property checking, and coverage closure
• Knowledge of synthesis, timing analysis, power-performance-area optimisation, or physical design considerations
• Experience in analog or mixed-signal design verification
• Familiarity with tools such as Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa, VC Formal, or Verdi
• Experience with open-source tools such as Icarus Verilog, Verilator, Yosys, CocoTB, or OpenROAD
• Previous involvement in AI evaluation, training-data development, technical annotation, or model benchmarking

Responsibilities

• Design realistic ASIC and SoC engineering problems based on practical industry experience
• Create tasks involving RTL implementation, debugging, functional verification, microarchitecture, integration, or optimisation
• Develop scenarios that reflect genuine engineering challenges rather than textbook exercises
• Define clear technical requirements, constraints, expected behaviour, and evaluation criteria
• Write accurate reference RTL using SystemVerilog or Verilog
• Develop supporting testbenches, assertions, specifications, and technical documentation
• Create solutions covering combinational and sequential logic, control paths, datapaths, interfaces, and subsystem behaviour
• Ensure reference implementations are technically sound, reproducible, and appropriately challenging
• Run engineering tasks against AI models and assess the correctness of generated solutions
• Identify issues in logic, implementation, protocol handling, verification methodology, and technical reasoning
• Evaluate whether proposed designs satisfy functional, architectural, and performance requirements
• Explain model strengths, weaknesses, and failure modes through clear written technical feedback
• Review tasks and solutions developed by other hardware specialists
• Maintain consistent standards for technical rigor, realism, complexity, and completeness
• Collaborate with engineers across design, verification, formal methods, synthesis, and integration disciplines
• Contribute to shared evaluation frameworks and quality-calibration activities

Benefits

• Flexible part-time commitment
• Competitive hourly compensation
• Work remotely
• Competitive rates between $65–$95 per hour depending on expertise and project scope

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree