ShawSilicon

ShawSilicon helps hardware teams hire semiconductor engineers using technical evidence before resume inference.

An engineer enters the company-facing pool only after clearing a 10-question structured technical interview in their specialization. Hiring teams see the category breakdown across conceptual depth, work sample, design diagram, and technical defense before first contact.

The current verified pool is strongest in FPGA and RTL. ShawSilicon also supports ASIC and RTL, verification and UVM, formal verification, physical design, analog and mixed-signal, embedded hardware and SoC, AI chip architecture, and DFT and DFM.

For hiring teams:

• Send one eligible role brief with the stack, level, and must-haves. • Receive a verified shortlist within 72 hours, or a direct answer that the bench lacks coverage. • No charge for that first shortlist. • Review category scores before speaking with an engineer.

For engineers:

• Complete one free technical interview in about 30 minutes. • See the same category score companies see. • Get matched by specialization. • Keep 100% of your agreed rate.

ShawSilicon is run by John Bagshaw, a senior FPGA design engineer with 8+ years across AMD/Xilinx and Intel FPGA platforms. For the FPGA and RTL track, the bar is backed by public timing-closed work, including cxl-kv-forge-qos at 400 MHz.

Hiring semiconductor talent? Send your role: https://shawsilicon.ai/hire-fpga-engineers

Engineer ready to verify? Start here: https://shawsilicon.ai/screening