RTL Design Engineer - AI Tools

Mercor 

📍 San Francisco, United States 🇺🇸

contract
senior
100
remote
Posted —

Key Skills

VerilogSystemVerilogUVMASICEDA

Industry

SemiconductorAerospace

Job Description

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


Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
  • For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]


PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.