Chip/Software Engineer

Silimate · Mountain View, CA, US | San Francisco, CA, US · In-office · Posted 1mo ago

$140k - $220k

**We’re looking for an engineer with significant experience with the VLSI front-end design flow and strong coding skills to help us build/scale AI-native EDA tools and agent-driven workflows.**

### **Who you are:**

You are excited about transforming the way chips are built by the semiconductor industry.

You are resourceful, a self-starter, and care intensely about the quality of your work.

You want to work at a scrappy startup that sets and meets aggressive goals.

You want to own/drive core product and write/ship code every day.

You want to work with our customers/users and translate their feedback into company/product direction.

**If this sounds like you, please apply to join the team!**

### **What you’ll do:**

* Write code (Python/C++) that ships to Fortune enterprises and chip unicorns * Make software architectural decisions for key product features * Translate user feedback into product updates/features * Plan core product roadmap and strategy

### **Minimum requirements:**

* Passionate and excited about chips and AI for EDA * Experienced with designing ASICs using SystemVerilog and synthesis/verification tools (open-source and/or commercial) * Experienced with common front-end EDA tools * Good at writing/shipping high-quality code (Python/C++) quickly * Basic knowledge of statistics & AI/ML methods * Resilient, data-driven, and works from first principles

### **Ideal requirements:**

* 1+ tapeouts (ideally on advanced technology nodes) * Contributor to open-source EDA/chip efforts * Significant experience with PPA optimization and/or functional correctness convergence

### **Benefits:**

* Generous salary and equity package * Full health/vision/dental/401k benefits * Team meals

**Apply to chat with the founders about the details!**

Apply on Silimate's site