Chip/Software Engineer

About Silimate

Fast, efficient agents for chip design and debug

The role

**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!**