Director, ASIC Verification

Netpreme; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

Equity grant

Employer-paid Health, Dental, and Vis}

401(k) match with immediate vesting

Life, Disability, and AD&D insurance

PTO 20 vacation days + 15 holidays

Lunch stipend

Claude & ChatGPT access

On-site offices in Santa Clara, CA and

Job summary

Netpreme is seeking a Director of ASIC Verification to lead from the front, owning verification strategy, sign-off, and the team while remaining a hands-on verifier who writes testbenches and debugs challenging failures. The role is based onsite in Santa Clara, CA, with opportunities to shape next‑generation silicon in a fast‑growing startup.

You will architect verification environments, drive coverage closure, recruit and develop a world-class team, and present readiness metrics to engineering

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of ASIC/SOC verification, with 5+ years leading verification teams.
• Experience writing verification code and building testbenches.
• Multiple tapeouts in advanced nodes with sign-off ownership.
• Hands-on with high-speed protocol IP (Ethernet, UCIe, UALink).
• Executive communication and ability to manage risk, escalations, budget, and headcount.

Responsibilities

• Own verification end-to-end: strategy, methodology, and sign-off.
• Architect and author verification environments and testplans; drive debugging.
• Recruit, lead, and develop a world-class verification organization.
• Present verification readiness, metrics, and risk posture to leadership.

Skills

ASIC/SoC verification experience

Testbench development

Sign-off & risk management

Executive communication

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

PhD in EE/CE or related field

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking a Director of ASIC Verification who leads from the front: you'll own verification strategy, sign-off, and the team — and you'll also be one of the strongest hands‑on verification engineers here, writing testbenches, closing coverage, and debugging the hardest failures.

This role will be performed onsite from our office in Santa Clara, CA.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Own verification end-to-end: strategy, methodology (UVM, formal, emulation, coverage-driven closure), tape-out sign-off for Netpreme silicon, IP, subsystems and post silicon bringup support including test-vector generation.
• Architect and author verification environments and testplans, review testbench code line-by-line, and personally drive debug of the hardest protocol, coverage, and bring‑up issues
• Recruit, lead, and develop a world‑class verification organization that treats technical depth as the currency
• Present verification readiness, metrics, and risk posture to engineering leadership with conviction

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive ASIC/SOC verification, with 5+ years leading verification teams
• Demonstrable experience writing verification code, building testbenches, and closing coverage
• Multiple tapeouts in advanced process nodes where you owned both deep technical work and sign-off
• Hands‑on experience with high‑speed protocol IP — Ethernet, UCIe, UALink, or comparable
• Fluent across the full ASIC/SOC lifecycle — microarchitecture through tape‑out — on designs integrating interconnect, I/O, and memory subsystems
• Executive communication skills; proven ability to manage risk, escalations, budget, and headcount on startup timelines

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in EE, CE, or related field
• Built a verification team from zero at an early‑stage startup while delivering milestones personally
• Hands‑on post‑silicon bring‑up, debug, and validation leadership
• AI/datacenter accelerator background; familiarity with LLM memory/dataloader bottlenecks
• Knowledge of DFT and its interaction with front‑end verification

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary with performance‑based bonus and early‑stage equity grant
• 100% employer‑paid Health, Dental, and Vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) match with immediate vesting, and access to financial advisors to help you reach your financial goals
• 100% employer‑paid Life, Disability, and AD&D insurance, plus a fitness stipend and wellness & mental health perks
• Generous PTO: 20 vacation days, 15 company holidays (including 3 floating days of your choosing)
• Daily lunch stipend
• Enterprise‑level Claude & ChatGPT access with a generous token budget
• Well‑equipped, sunny offices in Santa Clara, CA & Cambridge, MA with on‑site parking and EV charging; on‑site fitness center in Santa Clara; gym discounts near our Cambridge office
• Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance to one of our office hubs
• A collaborative, continuous‑learning environment with smart, dedicated colleagues building the next generation of high‑performance computing architecture

The Opportunity

• Impact: Humanity stands at the dawn of a new industrial revolution driven by AI—one with the potential to redefine how we live on this planet. We are tackling a fundamental challenge at the infrastructure layer: unlocking greater AI capability while dramatically improving efficiency. The work we do here compounds across state‑of‑the‑art AI models, systems, and real‑world applications.
• Timing: Breakthrough technology matters most when it meets the right time. Joining now means real ownership of the company and meaningful influence over product direction and execution. In this early‑stage environment, your ideas shape the trajectory of the technology—not just its implementation. You’ll work from first principles, move quickly from insight to execution, and see your contributions directly reflected in what we build.
• Culture: You’ll work alongside a group of people who care deeply about rigor, clarity, and impact. We value thoughtful disagreement, fast learning, and intellectual fearlessness. This is a place where strong ideas shine, curiosity is encouraged, and growth is a daily practice—not a future promise.