Director of ASIC Verification

•High-Speed Interconnects

Santa Clara, CA

Full-TimeOn-Site$250,000

•$350,000 /yr

Posted October 02, 2026

Job Title:

Director of ASIC Verification

•High-Speed Interconnects

Job Location:

Santa Clara, CA, or Boston, MA

Compensation:

$250K

•$350K base plus bonus and equity

Requirements:

ASIC/SoC Verification, UVM, SystemVerilog, High-Speed Interconnects (UCIe, Ethernet, PCIe, CXL, UALink), Formal Verification, Coverage Closure, Tapeout Sign-off Position Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities Own verification end-to-end:

strategy, methodology (UVM, formal, emulation, coverage-driven closure), tape-out sign-off for our silicon, IP, subsystems, and post-silicon bring-up support, including test-vector generation.

Architect and author verification environments and test plans, 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 (optional) 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 #Enghp Benefits Competitive salary commensurate with experience including base salary, performance-based bonus, and early-stage equity grant

Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, and life insurance

Well-equipped, sunny offices in Santa Clara, CA and Boston, MA

Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship

Perks include a daily lunch stipend, 401k match, and more

A collaborative, continuous-learning work environment with smart, dedicated colleagues engaged in developing the next generation of architecture for high-performance computing

For this position you must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We do not sponsor for this position. Preferred Skills

UVMSystemVerilogASIC VerificationSoC VerificationHigh-Speed InterconnectsUCIePCIeCXLUALinkFormal verification

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Job ID:

MV1-1998578

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