ASIC/SoC Design & Verification Engineer (AI Testing Remote) | $70-$100 / hr

What You'll Do

• Design and write up realistic chip engineering problems drawn from your own experience — the kind of design, debugging, or verification work you've actually done, not textbook exercises.
• Build out full solutions to go with them: reference RTL, testbenches, and supporting materials, using SystemVerilog/Verilog and the tools you already know.
• Run your problems against an AI model, see where it holds up and where it doesn't, and help explain why.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to keep everyone's work at a consistent bar of rigor and difficulty.

Ideal Qualifications

• Hands-on ASIC/SoC design and/or functional verification experience, ideally with exposure to production silicon that's been taped out.
• Strong fluency in SystemVerilog/Verilog.
• Comfortable working in industry toolchains (e.g., Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa, VC Formal, Verdi) and/or their open-source counterparts (Icarus Verilog, Verilator, CocoTB, Yosys, OpenROAD).
• Solid grasp of subsystem/SoC-level concerns: interface protocols, handshaking and backpressure, multiple clock domains, and multi-module dataflow.
• Real depth in at least one of: RTL design & microarchitecture; IP integration, bring-up & system configuration (NoC, PCIe, DDR, ARM/AXI); functional verification (UVM, SVA, CocoTB; testbench architecture); formal verification & coverage closure; PPA, timing, and synthesis optimization; analog/mixed-signal design verification; or specification authoring, comprehension & Q&A.
• Able to commit 20–40 hours per week, with confirmed availability and no scheduling conflicts.
• Nice to have: past experience in AI training, model evaluation, or data annotation.
• Strong written communication and comfortable working independently.

Likely Engagement Details

Pay: Competitive hourly rate (USD, based on experience)

Employment Type: W-2 Part-Time Role via Cincinnatus LLC (Employer of Record), with placement at a leading AI lab as part of its extended workforce

Schedule: Roughly 20–40 hours per week, depending on your availability

Location: Fully Remote — United States only 🇺🇸

Residency Requirement: United States

Opportunity: New opportunity with ongoing potential for continued engagement