As an ASIC Validation Engineer at Proto’s Bitcoin Products team, you will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between custom mining silicon design and real-world operation. Your day-to-day responsibilities include bringing up new silicon on various platforms, debugging issues across multiple layers, developing bench tests and tools, building test setups, validating functionality with designers, ensuring correct system performance, generating data for decision-making, creating reusable workflows, and supporting early manufacturing efforts. You should have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field, 4+ years of experience in silicon validation, strong hands-on lab skills, digital systems knowledge, scripting expertise (Python preferred), and the ability to work closely with cross-functional teams. Preferred qualifications include ASIC bring-up experience, familiarity with common interfaces and lab equipment, exposure to high-performance systems, test automation, and data analysis skills. This role is vital for enabling rapid design iteration and system-level development in our ambitious mining initiatives.
Skills
Python
ASIC
FPGA
SPI
I2C
JTAG
UART
lab automation
instrumentation
test automation
data analysis
visualization
bench tests
scripts
tools
digital systems
analog concepts
high-performance systems
power-dense systems
What you'll do
Bring up new silicon on bench platforms, evaluation boards, and system hardware.
Debug issues across ASIC, board, firmware, and system interactions.
Develop bench tests, scripts, and tools to exercise silicon features and collect data.
Build and maintain test setups including lab automation, instrumentation, and fixtures.
Validate functionality and root-cause failures in partnership with ASIC designers.
What we're looking for
4+ years of experience in silicon validation or hardware test roles
Strong hands-on lab experience with bench bring-up and debugging
Solid understanding of digital systems and basic analog concepts
Experience writing scripts or tools for test and data analysis (Python preferred)
Ability to debug issues across multiple layers including ASIC, board, and system
Clear communication skills for working closely with cross-functional teams
Familiarity with common interfaces such as SPI, I2C, JTAG, UART
Market check
Salary context
This
$163,600–$245,400
range sits above
70%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$136,000–$218,500
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$138,729–$216,250
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About Block
Block, Inc. (formerly Square) is a financial technology company operating the Square merchant payments ecosystem, Cash App peer-to-peer payments, TIDAL music streaming, and Bitcoin-focused financial services. Industry: Financial Technology & Payments
Block currently has
47 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$180,000–$270,000
across 46 roles with salary data.