AI-Enabled Front-End Silicon Design Engineer

PenguinChip Sdn. Bhd.; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PenguinChip Sdn. Bhd. in Penang, Malaysia, seeks an AI Silicon Design Engineer to accelerate front-end implementation flow with AI.

The role blends RTL-to-netlist expertise with AI/ML to build AI agents, skills and workflows that improve synthesis, constraint, CDC/LINT, low-power and timing analysis tasks. You will develop AI-powered engineering workflows using Python and agent frameworks, support front-end flow execution, and publish reusable AI skills to the team repository.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or above degree in relevant field.
• 3+ years experience in front-end implementation or EDA flow development.
• 1+ year practical AI/ML or Generative AI experience.
• Working knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog and RTL-to-netlist flow.
• Experience with front-end EDA tools and flows (Fusion Compiler, PrimeTime, Formality/Conformal LEC, VSI/VCLP, SpyGlass/0-In).
• Familiarity with cloud AI platforms and AI-assisted software development tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI agents to automate front-end implementation tasks.
• Apply AI to synthesis timing violation root-cause analysis, CDC/LINT waiver triage, UPF comparison, netlist quality review.
• Build AI-powered engineering workflows using Python, MCP, agent frameworks, vector databases and GenAI platforms.
• Support front-end flow execution: launch power-aware synthesis runs, generate constraints, run checks and prepare results.
• Package and document AI skills and agents for reuse in team repository.
• Work with front-end engineers to identify repetitive tasks worth automating and validate automated results.
• Report progress, results and time savings of the workflows delivered.

Skills

Python

Tcl

Verilog/SystemVerilog

AI/ML

Generative AI

LangChain

LangGraph

Git

Linux

EDA tools

Education

Bachelor or above degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Computer Science

Tools

Fusion Compiler

PrimeTime

Formality/Conformal LEC

SpyGlass/0-In

VSI/VCLP

MCP tools

Vector databases

Job description

PenguinChip Sdn. Bhd. in Penang, Malaysia, seeks an AI Silicon Design Engineer to accelerate front-end implementation flow with AI.

The role blends RTL-to-netlist expertise with AI/ML to build AI agents, skills and workflows that improve synthesis, constraint, CDC/LINT, low-power and timing analysis tasks. You will develop AI-powered engineering workflows using Python and agent frameworks, support front-end flow execution, and publish reusable AI skills to the team repository.