[Hiring] Chip Design Expert @Mercor

Role Description

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: Chip Design Expert (RTL Design & Verification)

Type: Contract

Compensation: $100/hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 15–20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Review each task end to end, including the specification, starting files, reference solution, and tests.
• Confirm tasks are fair and solvable, ensuring the reference solution passes and tests are comprehensive.
• Identify flaws such as ambiguous specifications, inadequate tests, leaked answers, and misleading task difficulty.
• Evaluate whether tasks challenge today's best AI models effectively.
• Provide clear, specific feedback and suggest fixes while shaping new task ideas.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on RTL design or verification experience in industry (semiconductor, FPGA, EDA, or similar).
• Strong Verilog/SystemVerilog skills and experience with simulation and testbenches.
• Ability to read and reason about Python test code.
• A careful, skeptical reviewer who can explain in writing why a task is broken or too easy.

Requirements

• Experience with open-source EDA tools (e.g., Icarus Verilog, Verilator, Yosys, cocotb), formal verification, or reviewing benchmarks for AI models.

Company Description

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]

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