Remote ASIC/SoC Design & Verification Engineer (Part-time)

Weekday AI (YC W21); United States; On-site; USD 96,000 - 138,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote engagement

Job summary

Weekday AI (YC W21) is seeking experienced ASIC and SoC design and verification engineers to contribute expertise in digital design, RTL development, and silicon implementation for AI model capabilities. This fully remote, part-time engagement requires approximately 20-40 hours per week, offering flexible hours and remote collaboration.

The role emphasizes hands-on production silicon experience, strong SystemVerilog/Verilog skills, and the ability to provide detailed technical feedback on

Qualifications

• Hands-on ASIC/SoC design and verification experience.
• Proficient in SystemVerilog/Verilog.
• Experience with production silicon or tapeout preferred.
• Strong understanding of hardware concepts such as interface protocols and clock-domain crossing.
• Ability to work remotely 20-40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic chip architecture, RTL, debugging, and verification challenges based on real engineering experience.
• Develop complete reference solutions, including RTL implementations, verification environments, testbenches, and documentation using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Evaluate AI-generated hardware solutions, identify strengths and weaknesses, and provide detailed technical feedback.
• Analyze where AI models struggle with hardware concepts, debugging, verification strategies, and design trade-offs.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to maintain consistency and high-quality engineering standards across tasks.
• Help improve AI understanding of modern digital design methodologies and semiconductor workflows.

Skills

ASIC design

SoC design

SystemVerilog

Verilog

RTL development

Functional verification

Tools

Synopsys VCS

Cadence Xcelium

Siemens Questa

VC Formal

Icarus Verilog

Verilator

Cocotb

Yosys

OpenROAD

Job description

Weekday AI (YC W21) is seeking experienced ASIC and SoC design and verification engineers to contribute expertise in digital design, RTL development, and silicon implementation for AI model capabilities. This fully remote, part-time engagement requires approximately 20-40 hours per week, offering flexible hours and remote collaboration.

The role emphasizes hands-on production silicon experience, strong SystemVerilog/Verilog skills, and the ability to provide detailed technical feedback on