Director - ASIC Design Verification - Terawave

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

We are seeking an experienced ASIC Design Verification Director to lead verification of advanced digital ASICs and SoCs. This role will drive verification strategy, execution, methodology, and quality for silicon supporting applications such as digital modems, baseband processors, payload processing, beamforming, channelization, user terminals, gateways, and space‑based communication.

Depending on level, this role may lead verification for a major ASIC program or provide broader interpersonal leadership across multiple silicon efforts and product generations. The ideal candidate combines strong hands‑on verification expertise with proven leadership in building teams, managing technical risk, and delivering high‑quality silicon in a cross‑functional environment.

• Lead verification of complex digital ASIC and SoC designs for space‑based communications applications.
• Define and implement verification strategy across block, subsystem, and SoC levels.
• Drive development of robust verification environments using System Verilog, UVM, assertions, coverage‑driven verification, and formal methods.
• Ensure comprehensive verification of datapath, control, interface, protocol, and integration behavior.
• Establish verification signoff criteria and drive closure for functional coverage, regressions, assertions, and quality metrics.
• Partner closely with ASIC design, systems engineering, architecture, DFT, physical design, FPGA, firmware, validation, and program management teams.
• Build, lead, and develop high‑performing verification teams through hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
• Set priorities, allocate resources, and align staffing with program schedules and technical needs.
• Improve verification methodology, reusable infrastructure, automation frameworks, and development processes.
• Support emulation, FPGA prototyping, silicon bring‑up, and pre‑silicon/post‑silicon correlation activities as needed.

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Strong experience in ASIC/SoC verification for complex digital designs.
• Deep expertise in System Verilog and UVM.
• Strong understanding of constrained‑random verification, functional coverage, assertions, scoreboards, reference models, regression planning, debug, and verification closure.
• Experience verifying high‑performance digital systems with both control logic and high‑throughput datapaths.
• Proven technical leadership and multi‑functional execution skills.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• For Manager level: typically 8+ years of ASIC/SoC verification experience, including leadership of a verification team, major subsystem, or chip partition.
• For Director level: typically 12+ years of ASIC/SoC verification experience and 5+ years of people management experience, including leadership of senior engineers, leads, and/or managers.

• Experience with modem, baseband, DSP, beamforming, or networking ASICs.
• Familiarity with aerospace or high‑reliability system development.
• Experience supporting silicon bring‑up and post‑silicon debug.

Compensation Range for:

CA applicants: $ - $, WA applicants: $ - $.

Other site ranges may differ

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

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