Founding Chip/Software Engineer

Silimate; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm in the United States is seeking a Founding Engineer with extensive VLSI front-end design experience and strong coding skills in Python and C++. The candidate will write high-quality code, make architectural decisions, and translate user feedback into product updates. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the product roadmap with the founding team.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in the VLSI front-end design flow.
• Strong coding skills in Python and C++.
• Ability to write and ship high-quality code daily.
• Experience making architectural decisions and translating user feedback into product updates.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

VLSI front-end design

Python

C++

Architectural decisions

User feedback translation

Job description

Overview

We're seeking a Founding Engineer with significant experience in the VLSI front-end design flow and strong coding skills to build the copilot for chip designers. You should be comfortable writing and shipping high-quality code (Python/C++) every day, making architectural decisions, and translating user feedback into product updates. Bonus points if you have 1+ tapeouts, contributed to open-source EDA/chip efforts, or have significant experience with PPA optimization and/or functional correctness convergence.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• Significant experience in the VLSI front-end design flow
• Strong coding skills in Python and C++
• Ability to write and ship high-quality code daily
• Experience making architectural decisions and translating user feedback into product updates
• Bonus: 1+ tapeouts, contributions to open-source EDA/chip efforts, or significant experience with PPA optimization and/or functional correctness convergence