Company Description

AlienX Technology Pvt. Ltd. is a growing technology startup focused on building practical engineering solutions across software, computing systems, and semiconductor development.

We operate with a small, hands-on engineering team , where each member has meaningful ownership and direct involvement in technical decisions. Engineers are encouraged to experiment, learn quickly, question assumptions, and contribute across multiple stages of the development lifecycle.

Our semiconductor work emphasizes open-source tools, reproducible engineering workflows, and practical experimentation . Team members will have opportunities to work closely with architecture, RTL, verification, FPGA, embedded, and software development while helping establish the engineering foundations of a growing semiconductor team.

Role Description

AlienX Technology is looking for an RTL Design & Verification Engineer to join our small semiconductor engineering team.

The engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, simulating, and verifying digital hardware modules at the Register Transfer Level (RTL) using primarily open-source development and verification tools.

You will work from architectural specifications through RTL implementation, verification, debugging, synthesis, FPGA prototyping, and early ASIC-oriented workflows.

Because we are a small team, this role provides broader technical exposure than a narrowly defined RTL position. You may contribute to architecture discussions, verification infrastructure, tool automation, FPGA bring-up, documentation, and internal semiconductor development workflows.

This is a full-time, hybrid role based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu .

Key Responsibilities

- Develop synthesizable RTL using Verilog and SystemVerilog
- Translate architectural specifications into digital hardware implementations
- Design FSMs, FIFOs, datapaths, controllers, memory interfaces, and processing blocks
- Develop verification environments and automated testbenches
- Perform functional simulation and regression testing
- Write assertions and verification properties
- Perform waveform analysis and RTL debugging
- Create verification plans and test scenarios
- Perform linting and static RTL checks
- Perform RTL synthesis and analyze synthesis results




- Work with clock-domain-crossing and reset-domain concepts
- Contribute to formal verification activities
- Integrate and verify digital IP blocks
- Work with interfaces such as AXI, AHB, APB, UART, SPI, I²C, and GPIO
- Contribute to RISC-V processor and SoC development
- Support FPGA prototyping and validation
- Explore open-source ASIC implementation flows
- Develop scripts for automation, testing, and regression workflows
- Maintain design specifications, verification plans, and engineering documentation
- Participate in architecture, RTL, and verification reviews
- Collaborate closely with the rest of the small engineering team

Open-Source Engineering Stack Our semiconductor development environment is centered around open-source tooling.

RTL & Simulation

- Verilator
- Icarus Verilog
- cocotb
- GTKWave

RTL Analysis & Code Quality
- Verible
- Surelog / UHDM
- Slang

Formal Verification
- SymbiYosys
- Yosys
- Open-source SMT solvers where applicable

Synthesis & ASIC Flow
- Yosys
- OpenROAD
- OpenLane
- LibreLane

FPGA Flow
- nextpnr
- Project IceStorm
- Project Trellis
- Project X-Ray
- openFPGALoader

Automation & Development
- Python
- TCL
- Bash / Shell
- Git
- Linux

The exact stack may evolve as the team evaluates and contributes to open semiconductor tooling.

Required Qualifications

- Solid understanding of digital logic and RTL design
- Hands-on experience with Verilog and/or SystemVerilog
- Understanding of synthesizable RTL coding practices
- Knowledge of combinational and sequential digital circuits
- Understanding of FSMs, pipelining, FIFOs, memories, and datapaths
- Knowledge of computer architecture fundamentals
- Understanding of processor pipelines and memory systems
- Familiarity with bus and interconnect protocols
- Experience developing RTL testbenches
- Experience with simulation and waveform debugging
- Understanding of functional verification concepts
- Familiarity with Linux development environments




- Experience with Git or similar version control workflows
- Ability to independently investigate and debug engineering problems
- Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly within a small team

Preferred Knowledge Experience or interest in any of the following would be valuable:
- RISC-V
- CPU / processor architecture
- SoC design
- Formal verification
- SystemVerilog Assertions
- FPGA development
- ASIC design flows
- Static Timing Analysis
- Clock Domain Crossing
- Open-source PDKs
- OpenROAD / OpenLane
- Hardware accelerators
- Processor verification
- Hardware–software co-design
- Python-based verification automation
- Open-source silicon projects

Education Bachelor's or Master's degree in:
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Electrical / Electronics Engineering
- VLSI
- Microelectronics
- Computer Engineering
- Embedded Systems
- Semiconductor Engineering
- or a related engineering discipline

Strong practical semiconductor experience and project work will also be considered.

Experience

Preferred: 2–4 years

Relevant experience may include:

RTL Design | Verification | FPGA | RISC-V | SoC | ASIC | Digital Design | Semiconductor Research

Working in a Small Team

This is not a narrowly isolated role.

As part of a small semiconductor engineering team , you may work across multiple areas depending on project requirements.

We value engineers who are comfortable:

- Taking ownership of modules from specification to verification
- Learning unfamiliar tools when required
- Reviewing each other's RTL and verification code
- Building internal engineering workflows
- Automating repetitive development tasks
- Documenting technical decisions
- Experimenting with open-source semiconductor technologies
- Working closely with software and embedded engineers
- Helping shape the team's engineering standards as we grow

Work Details Position: RTL Design & Verification Engineer

Employment: Full-Time

Experience: 2–4 Years

Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Work Mode: Hybrid

Team: Small Semiconductor Engineering / R&D; Team

? Apply: [email protected]

Subject: Application for RTL Design & Verification Engineer

AlienX Technology Pvt. Ltd.

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📌 RTL Design & Verification Engineer (Coimbatore)
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