Hardware RTL Engineer for AI Evaluation

A leading AI research organization is evaluating how advanced AI systems perform in specialized engineering domains, seeking expert hardware engineers with deep, hands-on RTL experience in SystemVerilog and/or Verilog. In this role, you will apply your expertise to assess complex, real-world technical scenarios, directly shaping how cutting-edge AI performs in hardware design. Single-language specialists are strongly encouraged to apply.

• Apply your RTL expertise to evaluate technical tasks against real-world professional standards.
• Review intricate code-level situations and provide precise, structured written assessments.
• Work inside containerized repositories (Docker), running and interpreting programmatic and CI-style checks to judge whether an engineering environment is sound.
• Provide clear written rationales explaining your expert judgments.
• Complete well-defined, time-bounded tasks with explicit evaluation criteria.

• 5+ years of professional or research RTL experience in SystemVerilog or Verilog.
• Hands-on depth in RTL design, testbench/UVM verification, FPGA or ASIC work, and EDA toolchains (Vivado, Quartus, Synopsys, Cadence).
• Comfort working in Linux/Docker-based repo environments and reading automated/CI checks, or the ability to ramp on these quickly.
• Ability to articulate not just what code does but why it''s correct or idiomatic, clearly in writing.
• Welcomed: engineers from semiconductor, telecom, defense/aerospace, national-lab, or academic backgrounds; non-traditional digital footprints are fine, a GitHub profile is not required.

RTL design underpins the world''s semiconductors yet remains among the least-represented domains in AI research. The expertise you bring is rare, and your assessments directly influence how AI systems learn to operate in it.

• Compensation: $110, 190/hour, based on depth and experience.
• Expected commitment: 20, 40 hrs/week.
• Task flow is variable, work tends to arrive in waves, and there can be a lag between task batches. We''re looking for people who stay flexible, including availability on weekends when needed, and who take ownership of keeping the project moving forward.
• No proprietary tooling required, tasks are completable without employer-provided systems.