Digital Verification Engineer

Socket.dev; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent medical, dental, and vision

Paid holidays

Commuter benefits

Meals provided

RSUs for full-time employees

401(k) plan

Job summary

Neuralink is seeking ASIC Design Verification Engineers to join the SoC Implant Team. You will work on high-throughput, low-power DSP verification for brain-computer interface tech. The role emphasizes SystemVerilog proficiency, test bench development, and automation scripting in a collaborative environment.

We offer equity (RSUs) and a comprehensive benefits package for full-time staff, with a base salary range of $131,000 to $243,000 depending on experience and education.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of digital ASIC verification experience.
• Excellence in SystemVerilog.
• Experience developing automation flows using Python, Perl, Makefile, Tcl, and UNIX shell.
• Experience with code coverage and regression setup.

Responsibilities

• Verify digital ASIC designs within the SoC team.
• Build and maintain test benches and verification environments.
• Debug complex digital systems and collaborate on architecture decisions.

Skills

SystemVerilog

Automation scripts

Code coverage & regression

Tools

UVM

UPF flow

FPGA/Emulation

Job description

About Neuralink:

We are creating devices that enable a bi-directional interface with the brain. These devices allow us to restore movement to the paralyzed, restore sight to the blind, and revolutionize how humans interact with their digital world.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

We are looking for ASIC Design Verification Engineers with strong CPU, ASIC design and verification fundamentals to work in Neuralink’s System-on-Chip (SoC) department under the Implant Team. This position offers a rare and unique opportunity to have a high impact in realizing state-of-the-art brain-computer interfaces. The team delivers architecture and logic implementation of digital modules with a strong focus in high-throughput low-power digital signal processing (DSP) . We have crafted a team of exceptional engineers whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the future.

Key qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in digital ASIC verification.
• Excellence in SystemVerilog.
• Experience in developing automation flow and scripts such as Python, Perl, Makefile, Tcl and UNIX shell
• Experience with code coverage and regression setup.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working on complex digital systems from architecture, microarchitecture, RTL, verification and physical design using industry standard tools.
• Experience on building test benches, testing, and debugging for a complex system-on-chip.
• Experience in formal verification.
• Functional modeling experience and logic verification with SystemVerilog, SystemC/C++.
• Experience with IEEE-1801 (UPF) based design simulation flows
• Experience with low power gate level simulations
• Exposure with low power formal verification flows
• Strong hands-on experience in verification methodologies such as UVM
• Knowledge of ARM/RISC-V processor, AMBA bus
• Knowledge of power aware verification
• Experience with FPGA/emulation
• Experience with lab system bring up, writing diagnostic, and lab debugging

Expected Compensation:

The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the following range. Your actual base pay will be determined by your job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. We also believe in aligning our employees’ success with the company's long-term growth. As such, in addition to base salary, Neuralink offers equity compensation (in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSU)) for all full-time employees.

$131,000—$243,000 USD

What We Offer:

Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.

• An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
• Growth potential; we rapidly advance team members who have an outsized impact
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
• Paid holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Meals provided
• Equity (RSUs) *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
• 401(k) plan *Interns initially excluded until they work 1,000 hours
• Parental leave *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
• Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded