Formal Verification Engineer: AI Hardware Proofs & RTL

MatX; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & holidays

Remote work up to 3 weeks

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

Life insurance

Professional development budget

Team meals

Commute reimbursement

AI resources

Job summary

MatX in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Formal Verification Engineer to bring rigorous guarantees across RTL, compilers, and hardware-software interfaces. You’ll apply model checking, develop machine-checked proofs, and embed languages into theorem provers.

The role collaborates with architecture, compiler, and silicon teams, shaping verification strategy and integrating tools like JasperGold and Lean. A hands-on background in hardware verification and theorem proving is essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with hardware model checking and writing SVA/PSL properties.
• Proficiency with at least one interactive theorem prover (Lean, Coq, Isabelle/HOL, Agda, or similar).
• Experience embedding a language or IR into a theorem prover—HDL, compiler IR, ISA, or similar is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Apply model checking and formal property verification to RTL blocks, memory subsystems, and interconnects using tools like JasperGold or VC-Formal.
• Develop and maintain machine-checked proofs for compiler transformations and lowering passes.
• Build embeddings of hardware description languages and simulators into interactive theorem provers to prove functional correctness.
• Collaborate with architecture, compiler, and silicon verification teams to identify properties worth proving and translate them into proof obligations.
• Drive methodology for integrating formal tools into existing practices.

Skills

Hardware model checking

Interactive theorem prover

RTL/ISA knowledge

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

JasperGold

VC-Formal

Lean 4

Rocq

Isabelle/HOL

Job description

MatX in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Formal Verification Engineer to bring rigorous guarantees across RTL, compilers, and hardware-software interfaces. You’ll apply model checking, develop machine-checked proofs, and embed languages into theorem provers.

The role collaborates with architecture, compiler, and silicon teams, shaping verification strategy and integrating tools like JasperGold and Lean. A hands-on background in hardware verification and theorem proving is essential.