Job Title Senior Design Verification Engineer

At Cognichip, we are building AI-native tools that transform how semiconductor engineers create, verify, and optimize chips.

Our platform combines large proprietary models, agentic workflows, domain-specific engineering intelligence, and high-performance simulation infrastructure to accelerate one of the world's most complex engineering disciplines.

We are seeking a Senior Design Verification Engineer who can combine strong verification expertise with applied AI/ML collaboration to help build production-grade tools for chip verification.

In this role, you will help turn advanced research ideas into practical workflows used by engineers verifying real silicon.

This work matters because verification is one of the biggest bottlenecks in modern chip design, and AI-native systems can meaningfully change the speed, quality, and scale of verification work.

Bridge Hardware and Software: Support Data Pipelines: Contribute to workflows that generate synthetic or augmented verification code and testbenches, creating the datasets needed to train and evaluate AI models.

Help refine automated workflows for verification-related tasks such as test planning, coverage analysis, and bug triage.

Build and maintain simulation and testing infrastructure to validate AI-generated verification artifacts.

Collaboration: Work closely with AI researchers, software engineers,



and other hardware engineers to ensure verification requirements are accurately reflected in tools and models.

Experience: 5–8+ years of experience in design verification or hardware-focused software development.

Verification Domain: Strong understanding of verification methodologies and testbench development for digital designs.

Software Proficiency: Solid programming skills in Python, C++, or similar languages.

AI/ML Exposure: Interest in or exposure to LLMs, prompt engineering, or machine learning frameworks applied to technical domains (prior hands-on ML experience is a plus, not required).

Education: BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Experience contributing to or building automated/agentic workflows for engineering tasks.

Background in computer architecture, particularly for AI accelerators or high-performance computing.

Contributions to open-source hardware or AI projects.

What It's Like Here

We're a fast-moving AI startup with a team-oriented, high-trust culture.

We value technical excellence, ownership, and the freedom to experiment.

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four days in office, one day remote.

If you're excited to build tools that empower semiconductor engineers and reshape how chips are verified, you'll feel right at home.

📌 Senior Design Verification Engineer - Remote / Telecommute (Toronto)
🏢 Cognichip
📍 Toronto