Atom Computing
Principal ASIC Verification Engineer
$180K–$220K
Austin, TX · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years required; 15+ preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads functional verification of ASICs for Atom Computing’s neutral-atom quantum computers, from verification planning and test development through tapeout, signoff, and silicon evaluation.
What you'll do
- Own and lead block-to-chip verification plans, test execution, regression, coverage closure, and signoff; communicate defects and tapeout risks.
- Develop Python testbenches and perform post-layout gate-level and DFT verification, including timing-accurate simulation and debug.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, coordinate contractors, and collaborate across design, firmware, architecture, and hardware teams.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of ASIC/SoC verification experience; experience verifying multiple ASICs through tapeout and subsequent silicon evaluation.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Strong Python testbench development skills and experience with SystemVerilog assertions, functional and code coverage, and verification planning.
- Hands-on post-P&R verification, DFT verification, RTL and waveform debugging, and proficiency with SystemVerilog/UVM, HDL debug tools, Linux, and version control.
Nice to have
- 15+ years of ASIC/SoC verification experience.
- Experience with formal verification, equivalence checking, CDC/RDC, lint, emulation, FPGA prototyping, silicon bring-up, or quantum hardware.
Pay
USD 180,000 - 220,000 base salary
Tools
Python, SystemVerilog, UVM, RTL simulators, SDF, ATPG, MBIST, JTAG
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