24-MAG · 1 week ago
Remote | ASIC/SoC Hardware Design & Verification Engineer — $65–$95/hour
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$65/hr - $95/hr24-MAG is offering a part-time consulting opportunity for ASIC and SoC engineers with hands-on experience. The role involves supporting an advanced AI initiative by creating realistic chip design and verification tasks, evaluating model-generated responses, and collaborating with engineers across various disciplines.
Management Consulting
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design realistic ASIC and SoC engineering problems based on practical industry experience
Create tasks involving RTL implementation, debugging, functional verification, microarchitecture, integration, or optimisation
Develop scenarios that reflect genuine engineering challenges rather than textbook exercises
Define clear technical requirements, constraints, expected behaviour, and evaluation criteria
Write accurate reference RTL using SystemVerilog or Verilog
Develop supporting testbenches, assertions, specifications, and technical documentation
Create solutions covering combinational and sequential logic, control paths, datapaths, interfaces, and subsystem behaviour
Ensure reference implementations are technically sound, reproducible, and appropriately challenging
Run engineering tasks against AI models and assess the correctness of generated solutions
Identify issues in logic, implementation, protocol handling, verification methodology, and technical reasoning
Evaluate whether proposed designs satisfy functional, architectural, and performance requirements
Explain model strengths, weaknesses, and failure modes through clear written technical feedback
Review tasks and solutions developed by other hardware specialists
Maintain consistent standards for technical rigor, realism, complexity, and completeness
Collaborate with engineers across design, verification, formal methods, synthesis, and integration disciplines
Contribute to shared evaluation frameworks and quality-calibration activities
Qualification
Required
Hands-on experience in ASIC or SoC design, functional verification, formal verification, or related semiconductor engineering
Strong fluency in SystemVerilog, Verilog, or both
Experience with production silicon, tapeout, IP development, chip integration, or subsystem verification
Solid knowledge of interface protocols, handshaking, backpressure, multiple clock domains, and multi-module dataflow
Experience working independently on complex design or verification problems
Strong written communication and the ability to explain hardware engineering decisions clearly
Reliable availability for approximately 20–40 hours per week
A degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, electronics engineering, computer science, or a related technical field is highly relevant
Graduate students, recent graduates, and experienced industry professionals may all be considered
Advanced academic or professional work in digital design, semiconductor systems, computer architecture, or verification is valuable
Equivalent hands-on engineering experience may also be considered
Preferred
Experience with RTL design, microarchitecture, or custom IP development
Background in IP integration, bring-up, or system configuration involving NoC, PCIe, DDR, ARM, or AXI
Experience with UVM, SVA, CocoTB, testbench architecture, or coverage-driven verification
Familiarity with formal verification, property checking, and coverage closure
Knowledge of synthesis, timing analysis, power-performance-area optimisation, or physical design considerations
Experience in analog or mixed-signal design verification
Familiarity with tools such as Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa, VC Formal, or Verdi
Experience with open-source tools such as Icarus Verilog, Verilator, Yosys, CocoTB, or OpenROAD
Previous involvement in AI evaluation, training-data development, technical annotation, or model benchmarking
Company
24-MAG
At 24-MAG, we support emerging AI and consulting platforms by sourcing and connecting qualified professionals with remote, contract-based opportunities.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase