RTL and Design Verification Engineer - Palo Alto
Originally posted 18 March 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Ricursive Intelligence is hiring an RTL and Design Verification Engineer to tackle technical challenges at the intersection of AI systems and chip design.
What you'll do
- Execute hands-on engineering across RTL design and design verification workflows. - Design algorithms and run large-scale experiments to advance automated chip design. - Collaborate with engineers and researchers to develop and ship hardware design products.
What you'll need
- Real depth and technical expertise in RTL design. - Real depth and technical expertise in design verification. - Experience operating in a hands-on technical capacity developing and shipping complex systems.
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 66-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1081
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Median days open
66 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ricursive Intelligence | All employers we track in this specialty (1081 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 1081 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 2 | 3359 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 1 d | 66 d (−65 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 158 open roles · median 63 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 40 d
- AMD · 77 open roles · median 45 d
- Analog Devices · 49 open roles · median 56 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 44 open roles · median 100 d
- NVIDIA · 37 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 1081 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.