🇺🇸RTL design jobs in the United States
234 open roles mentioning RTL design in the United States as of Nov 15, 2026. Tenstorrent, SpaceX, Astera Labs, K2 Space and Anduril Industries have the most. 10 are remote and the median advertised salary is $212K.
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Skills asked for in RTL design roles in the United States
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- Senior FPGA Verification EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Waltham, Massachusetts, United States · +2 more locations$191K - $254KSeniorPythonC++Linux
- Senior Firmware EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Waltham, Massachusetts, United States$191K - $254KSeniorPythonLinuxMATLAB
- Senior Embedded EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Waltham, Massachusetts, United States$191K - $254KSeniorPythonLinuxMATLAB
- Senior FPGA Prototyping EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote · +1 more location$120K - $225KRemoteSeniorPythonVerilogTest planning
- Senior ASIC Physical Design EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote · +1 more location$170K - $250KRemoteSeniorAnalog designCompilersASIC
- Senior ASIC Design Verification EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote · +1 more location$170K - $250KRemoteSeniorPythonC++CI/CD
- Principal ASIC Physical Design EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote · +2 more locations$190K - $280KRemoteLead and aboveAnalog designASICRTL design
- Principal ASIC Design Verification EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote · +1 more location$190K - $285KRemoteLead and abovePythonC++CI/CD
- Principal ASIC Synthesis and Timing EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$190K - $280KRemoteLead and aboveAnalog designASICRTL design
- Sr. Physical Design Flow & Methodology EngineerLightmatter · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$154K - $175KSeniorPythonLLMCI/CD
- Staff Engineer, Digital ASIC Design — Storage ControllersSK hynix memory solutions America Inc. · 🇺🇸San Jose—Lead and aboveMachine LearningVerilogStorage systems
- RTL Design Engineer, Networking / NoCOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$287K - $485KHybridVerilogHigh-performance computingASIC
- Engineer, CPU Performance VerificationTenstorrent · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, Un…—PythonC++Compilers
- Principal Design Verification Engineer (AI Fabric Switches)Astera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$185K - $240KLead and abovePythonC++AI
- Sr/Staff Digital Design EngineerLightmatter · 🇺🇸Boston, MA · +1 more location$154K - $218KLead and abovePythonBashVerilog
- Physical Design and CAD EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$160K - $200KPythonHardware interfacesCompilers
- DFT EngineerTenstorrent · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; Fort Collins, Colorado, Uni… · +1 more location—VerilogHardware interfacesCompilers
- FPGA EngineerTomorrow.io · 🇺🇸Golden, Colorado, United States—VerilogGenerative AITest planning
- Principal Design EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$185K - $240KLead and abovePythonFirmwareHardware interfaces
- Senior Microarchitecture ResearcherIonQ · 🇺🇸Bothell, Washington, United States; Boulder, Colorado, Un…$188K - $282KSeniorTechnical writingFinancial modelingRTL design
- Manager, Capital MarketsFigure Lending · 🇺🇸Remote; Reno, NV; Charlotte, NC$128K - $192KRemoteSQLTableauExcel
- Silicon Design LeadOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$287K - $485KHybridLead and aboveVerilogThreat modelingFirmware
- Staff Cloud Hypervisor Engineer, ComputeCrusoe · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA - US$215K - $260KLead and aboveRustC++Linux
- Principal PCS/PMA RTL Design EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$185K - $240KLead and abovePythonVerilogPerl
- EDA Cloud & Developer Infrastructure EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$287K - $485KHybridPythonPostgreSQLTerraform
- Technical Lead Digital Design EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$160K - $200KLead and abovePythonVerilogTest planning
- Hardware Engineers: RTL Implementation and Evaluation WorkflowsTerac · 🇺🇸United States—RemoteVerilogHardware testingASIC
- FPGA EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Broomfield, Colorado, United States; Fort Collins, Colora…$144K - $192KPythonC++Docker
- Electrical Engineer- SDR HardwareAstranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$115K - $180KPythonPCB designAnalog design
- DSP Integration Test EngineerAttoTude · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA—PythonC++Docker
- Physical Design Engineer, New GradSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$120K - $150KJuniorPythonPerlTest planning
- Design Verification Engineer, New GradSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$120K - $150KJuniorPythonVerilogPerl
- Technical Programme Manager, Electrical EngineeringIonQ · 🇺🇸College Park, Maryland, United States$152K - $228KJiraConfluenceSmartsheet
- Synthesis & STA Engineer – High-Speed SerDesAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$160K - $200KPythonVerilogPerl
- Senior Design Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States · +1 more location$148K - $165KSeniorPythonVerilogPerl
- Senior Embedded Software EngineerPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$202K - $248KSeniorPythonC++Linux
- Principal Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States · +1 more location$185K - $230KLead and abovePythonC++Verilog
- Senior Staff/Principal Software Engineer - GPU System Software, Onboard ExecutionZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$339K - $455KLead and aboveC++LinuxCUDA
- Silicon Validation EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$250K - $300KPythonC++Firmware
- Senior Digital ASIC Design Engineer - DSP/Analog/SerDesCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇺🇸Irvine, CA · +1 more location$150K - $250KSeniorPythonMATLABVerilog
- Research Engineer, Chip Design RLAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$500K - $850KLLMReinforcement learningASIC
- Post-Silicon Validation Engineer (Multiple Levels)Celero Communications, Inc. · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Irvine, CA, or Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCA$100K - CA$200KPythonLoad testingFirmware
- Staff ML Accelerator ArchitectWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, New York, USA$251K - $310KLead and aboveMachine LearningVerilogCompilers
- Applied Researcher - Chip DesignPrimeIntellect · 🇺🇸San Francisco—PythonLangChainDatadog
- Associate Embedded Software EngineerAnysignal · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$110K - $145KJuniorPythonC++Linux
- Director ASIC Technical Program ManagementAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$210K - $275KLead and aboveFirmwareHardware interfacesASIC
- FPGA Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonC++Bash
- SoC EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$287K - $485KHybridVerilogFirmwareHardware interfaces
- Embedded Software EngineerAnysignal · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$130K - $165KPythonC++Linux
- Sr. ASIC Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA · +3 more locations$175K - $280KSeniorPythonVerilogFirmware
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Who is hiring for RTL design roles in the United States
What RTL design roles in the United States pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $198K | 60 |
| Senior | $210K | 47 |
| Lead and above | $232K | 51 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about RTL design jobs in the United States
- How many RTL design jobs in the United States are open right now?
- There are 234 open RTL design jobs in the United States at 36 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 15 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most RTL design jobs in the United States?
- Right now the most openings are at Tenstorrent (35), SpaceX (29), Astera Labs (25), K2 Space (17) and Anduril Industries (16). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote RTL design jobs in the United States?
- 10 of the 234 open RTL design jobs in the United States (4%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do RTL design jobs in the United States pay?
- The median advertised salary is $212K, based on 161 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $172K and $242K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the RTL design jobs in the United States?
- 6 of the 234 open RTL design jobs in the United States (3%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 171 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 36 companies are hiring and 15 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing RTL design jobs in the United States?
- 57 of the 234 open RTL design jobs in the United States (24%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Machine Learning, Computer Vision, AI. Employers still list 234 such roles today at 36 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do RTL design jobs in the United States ask for?
- Most often RTL design (100%), Python (68%), ASIC (64%), Verilog (47%), Firmware (43%) of the 234 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in RTL design jobs in the United States?
- Physical Design Engineer (14), Design Verification Engineer (9), Senior FPGA Engineer (7), FPGA Engineer (6), Senior FPGA Verification Engineer (4): the most common titles among the 234 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are RTL design jobs in the United States in demand in 2026?
- 234 RTL design jobs in the United States are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 36 companies, 0.2% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 15 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $212K. 10 (4%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for RTL design jobs in the United States?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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