Founding Chip/Software Engineer

We’re growing the team further! We’re looking for a Founding Engineer with significant experience with the VLSI front-end design flow and strong coding skills to build the copilot for chip designers with us.

Who you are:

You are excited about transforming the way chips are built by the entire chip industry, by enabling 100x faster dynamism and speed in chip design cycles.

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 Silimate’s 10+ chip/IP customers
• Make software architectural decisions for key product features
• Translate user feedback into product updates/features
• Plan core product roadmap and strategy with the founders

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

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Apply to chat with the founders about the details!