Design Verification Engineer - Fully Remote | Upto $175/hr

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: RTL Design Engineers
Type: Contract
Compensation: $100–$175/hour
Location: Remote
Duration: 3+ months
Commitment: 40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities

- Evaluate digital chip design workflows to enhance AI model training and evaluation .

- Design and verify RTL components using Verilog/SystemVerilog .

- Collaborate with architecture, verification, and implementation teams to improve model outputs .

- Develop reusable verification components and testbench infrastructure .

- Leverage LLM-based tools to accelerate chip design and verification processes.

- Work independently and asynchronously to meet project deadlines.

Qualifications

Must-Have

- 3–10 years of experience in digital RTL design or design verification.

- Strong proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog and UVM .

- Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals: FSMs , datapaths, pipelines, FIFOs, arbiters, clock/reset domains, bus protocols.

- Experience with ASIC design flows and common EDA tools .

- Ability to write clear design documentation and communicate technical tradeoffs.

Preferred

- Knowledge of AMBA protocols (AXI, AHB, APB).

- Background in CPU , GPU/ML accelerator , networking, memory subsystem, PCIe/high-speed IO , SoC interconnect, low-power design.

- Exposure to formal verification or SV/UVM-based design verification .

Start Date
- Week of 04/23 ; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor , Paid weekly .

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

- Upload resume

- AI interview based on your resume

- Submit form

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