Senior ASIC Design Verification Engineer

K2Spacecorporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

K2Spacecorporation is looking for a Senior ASIC Design Verification Engineer in Seattle, focusing on verifying custom silicon designs. The role involves close collaboration with multiple engineering teams to ensure the performance and reliability of satellite technology.

The compensation is competitive, with a base salary between $170,000 and $250,000, along with comprehensive benefits and opportunities for equity in the company.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC verification.
• Strong understanding of digital logic and RTL design.
• Experience with test planning and UVM-based testbench development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute verification plans for block-level and full-chip environments.
• Drive testing strategies to validate functionality and corner cases.
• Collaborate with RTL designers to resolve issues.

Skills

SystemVerilog

ASIC/SoC verification

Digital logic

RTL design

Python scripting

UVM testbench development

Regression management

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

VCS

Xcelium

Questa

Verdi

SimVision

Job description

K2 is building the largest and highest‑power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by $450M from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alpine Space Ventures, and others – with an additional $500M in signed contracts across commercial and U.S. government customers – we’re mass‑producing the highest‑power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space.

The rise of heavy‑lift launch vehicles is shifting the industry from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance, and we believe this new era demands a fundamentally different class of spacecraft. Engineered to survive the harshest radiation environments and to fully capitalize on today’s and tomorrow’s massive rockets, K2 satellites deliver unmatched capability at constellation scale and across multiple orbits.

With multiple launches planned through 2026 and 2027, we’re Building Bigger to develop the solar system and become a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast‑paced environment and you’re excited about contributing to the success of a groundbreaking Series C space startup.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior ASIC Design Verification Engineer whose role will be to verify the functionality, performance, and robustness of our custom silicon designs. You will help define the verification approach, contribute to methodology, and work closely with architecture, RTL design, DFT, firmware, physical design, and silicon validation engineers. This is a hands‑on role with high ownership, deep technical engagement, and the opportunity to shape first‑generation silicon.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute verification plans for block‑level, subsystem‑level, and full‑chip environments. Build SystemVerilog/UVM test benches, including agents, monitors, scoreboards, checkers, and coverage models.
• Write SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) and integrate formal verification where appropriate.
• Drive constrained‑random and directed testing strategies to validate functionality, corner cases, and stress scenarios.
• Run simulations, triage failures, drive root‑cause analysis, and collaborate with RTL designers to resolve issues.
• Implement and maintain functional coverage, code coverage, assertion coverage, and ensure coverage closure for sign‑off.
• Manage regression testing, simulation farms, and CI pipelines to ensure high test throughput and fast debug iterations.
• Participate in design reviews, microarchitecture discussions, and influence design‑for‑verification (DFV) best practices.
• Work closely with architecture, RTL design, DFT, firmware, physical design, and silicon validation engineers to ensure end‑to‑end coverage and test.
• Support silicon bring‑up and post‑silicon validation through test reuse, diagnostics, and debug analysis.
• Participate in ASIC team interviews.
• Contribute to advancement of DV methodologies and improvements.
• Engage external IP providers and verification partners when needed.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC verification.
• Solid understanding of SystemVerilog, digital logic, RTL design, and hardware verification flows.
• Proficiency with a simulation (VCS, Xcelium, Questa), waveform debug (Verdi, SimVision), coverage tool, and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl, TCL).
• Experience with test planning, UVM‑based testbench development, constrained‑random testing, functional coverage, and SystemVerilog assertions.
• Experience with regression management, coverage analysis, revision control (Git), and CI/CD automation.
• Understanding of several industry‑standard interfaces (e.g., APB/AHB/AXI).
• Familiarity with embedded processor‑based designs and firmware/bare metal coding (e.g., C, C++).

Nice to Have

• Experience with developing and integrating reference models.
• Understanding of low power verification.
• Familiarity with gate‑level simulation and analog behavioral models.
• Involvement in post‑silicon validation planning and execution.
• Experience working in cross‑functional, geographically distributed teams.
• Experience in space, telecom, or RF/digital mixed systems is a plus.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary range for this role is $170,000 – $250,000 + equity in the company.
• Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level.
• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks.

Equal Opportunity

K2 Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with K2 Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.