Blue Origin

Director - ASIC Design Verification

Blue Origin$230K — $323K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5-7 years of ASIC/SoC verification experience for Manager level, 8+ years for Director level.
  • Deep expertise in System Verilog and UVM, with a comprehensive understanding of verification techniques.
  • Experience verifying complex digital systems that include control logic and high-throughput datapaths.
  • Proven leadership in managing verification teams and cross-functional project execution.
  • Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Familiarity with modem, baseband, DSP, networking ASICs, and aerospace system development is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead verification for advanced digital ASIC and SoC designs in space communications.
  • Define and implement verification strategies at block and SoC levels.
  • Develop robust verification environments using System Verilog, UVM, and formal methods.
  • Ensure thorough verification across datapath, control, and protocol behaviors.
  • Set signoff criteria for verification, ensuring quality metrics are met.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including design, systems engineering, and program management.
  • Build and manage high-performing verification teams and improve development methodologies.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, and life insurance options.
  • Paid parental leave and short/long-term disability coverage.
  • 401(k) with up to 5% company match.
  • Up to four weeks of paid time off plus 14 company-paid holidays.
  • Education Support Program for further learning opportunities.
Full Job Description

Application close date:

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

-

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.

Core Responsibilities:
  • 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.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • 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.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • 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 is $230,773.00 - $323,081.85 WA applicants is $230,773.00 - $323,081.85

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits

  • Benefits include:  Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

  • Paid Time Off:  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

  • Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

About Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an aerospace company that develops rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers. The company's products include the New Shepard suborbital vehicle and the New Glenn orbital rocket. Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos and is headquartered in Kent, Washington.
Learn more about Blue Origin
Size
3,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2000

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Blue Origin

More Aerospace & Defense Jobs

Find similar Director - ASIC Design Verification jobs: