Principal ASIC Design Verification Engineer - Terawave

BLUE ORIGIN • Los Angeles, CA

4d • $269,175 - $376,844

About The Position

The Principal ASIC Verification Engineer serves as a technical authority for verification of advanced ASICs enabling next-generation Satellite communication systems. This role sets verification strategy across one or more silicon programs and ensures robust methodologies for functionally complex, high-performance communication hardware.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of ASIC/SoC verification experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of System Verilog, UVM, assertions, and verification signoff methodology.
• Proven success leading verification for complex chips or multiple tape-outs.
• Strong understanding of communication signal-processing hardware and system-level integration.
• Excellent technical leadership and cross-organizational communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Deep expertise in Space based communications, digital modems, phased-array processing, or payload processing.
• Experience with formal property verification, emulation, and performance validation.
• Familiarity with fault tolerance, mission-critical reliability, or radiation-aware verification considerations.
• Experience with architectural modeling and verification planning for hardware/software partitioned systems.
• Strong record of technical innovation and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end verification strategy for large Satellite communication ASIC or SoC programs.
• Establish verification methodologies, infrastructure, and signoff criteria across block, subsystem, and SoC levels.
• Lead verification planning for complex communication functions such as modem pipelines, FEC engines, digital beamforming, packet processing, and control fabrics.
• Drive alignment among design, architecture, systems, firmware, and validation teams.
• Evaluate verification completeness through coverage, assertions, formal analysis, emulation, and silicon correlation.
• Resolve critical technical issues and direct root-cause analysis for the most complex functional failures.
• Guide development of reusable VIP, reference models, and regression automation frameworks.
• Mentor technical leaders and raise the overall verification maturity of the organization.
• Influence future verification roadmap, tool strategy, and reuse models.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal