Senior ASIC Verification Architect for Spacegrade SoCs

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 377,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

Paid time off + holidays

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin is hiring a Principal ASIC Verification Engineer to drive verification strategy for satellite communication ASICs/SoCs. You will lead signoff methodologies, coordinate across design, systems, firmware, and validation, and ensure robust verification for high-performance hardware.

You will mentor technical leaders, influence the verification roadmap, and advance reusable VIP and regression automation across programs.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of ASIC/SoC verification experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of SystemVerilog, UVM, assertions, and verification signoff methodology.
• Proven success leading verification for complex chips or multiple tape-outs.
• Strong understanding of communication signal-processing hardware and system-level integration.
• Excellent technical leadership and cross-organizational communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end verification strategy for large Satellite communication ASIC or SoC programs.
• Establish verification methodologies, infrastructure, and signoff criteria across block, subsystem, and SoC levels.
• Lead verification planning for complex functions such as modem pipelines, FEC engines, digital beamforming, packet processing, and control fabrics.
• Drive alignment among design, architecture, systems, firmware, and validation teams.
• Evaluate verification completeness through coverage, assertions, formal analysis, emulation, and silicon correlation.
• Resolve critical technical issues and direct root-cause analysis for complex failures.
• Guide development of reusable VIP, reference models, and regression automation frameworks.
• Mentor technical leaders and raise verification maturity of the organization.
• Influence future verification roadmap, tool strategy, and reuse models.

Skills

SystemVerilog

UVM

Assertions

Verification signoff

ASIC/SoC verification

Technical leadership

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Formal verification tools

Emulation

Performance validation

Job description

Blue Origin is hiring a Principal ASIC Verification Engineer to drive verification strategy for satellite communication ASICs/SoCs. You will lead signoff methodologies, coordinate across design, systems, firmware, and validation, and ensure robust verification for high-performance hardware.

You will mentor technical leaders, influence the verification roadmap, and advance reusable VIP and regression automation across programs.