Sr. Staff ASIC Verification Engineer

Job Title

Sr. Staff ASIC Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Lead ASIC verification for a next-generation family of processors used in generative AI inference acceleration. The role owns pre-silicon correctness across block, subsystem and full-chip verification and works closely with design and architecture teams to drive verification signoff.

Position sits on the ASIC verification team and includes technical leadership, mentoring, and hands-on development of verification environments and methodologies.

Experience Level

Senior — senior-level engineering role. Posting requests 15+ years of ASIC verification experience.

Responsibilities

Own verification activities from architecture through tapeout and support post-silicon validation.

• Ensure pre-silicon correctness and quality of a multi-million gate ASIC integrating accelerators and 3rd-party SoC IP.
• Plan and lead block-level, subsystem and full-chip verification efforts and signoff.
• Develop verification environments and tests using SystemVerilog/UVM and object-oriented methodologies.
• Create comprehensive test and coverage strategies; drive coverage convergence and handle bug tracking.
• Verify embedded CPUs (ARM/RISC-V), interconnect subsystems, and perform C/assembly diagnostic validation.
• Debug functional and performance issues; triage regression failures.
• Establish reusable verification frameworks and scale testbenches to subsystem and full-chip levels.
• Mentor and technically guide verification engineers through test planning and closure.
• Perform diagnostic and post-silicon validation tests in the lab.

Requirements

Required technical skills and experience for successful execution of the role.

• 15+ years of ASIC verification experience, including multiple chips through verification and post-silicon validation.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, constrained-random stimulus, and functional coverage.
• Experience with C/C++ or SystemC for verification tasks.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented programming principles and coverage-driven verification.
• Verification experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, DDR/HBM, SerDes, etc.).
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, shell) is highly desirable.
• Interest in AI architectures (convolution, transformer, and related workloads).
• Self-starter able to operate in a fast-paced startup environment and provide technical leadership.

Education Requirements

B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering (required); M.S. preferred. Fields: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar technical field.

About the Company

Company: Recogni

Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States

Recogni is a cutting-edge AI solution company specializing in high-performance, low-power AI inferencing designed for various industries. The company focuses on multimodal AI inference acceleration and is dedicated to advancing research and product developments in AI technologies. Based in San Diego, California, and Munich, Germany, Recogni values employee well-being and offers competitive benefits and a dynamic startup environment.