Founding Hardware Research Engineer

Oho Group; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Oho Group in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Hardware Research Engineer to build data pipelines, environments and evaluation frameworks for training and testing AI agents on real hardware engineering tasks.

This highly technical role offers ownership at the intersection of AI research and semiconductor engineering, with significant hands-on development and rapid iteration across hardware and ML challenges.

Qualifications

• Strong background in low-level systems engineering and/or VLSI design.
• Excellent engineering fundamentals and strong research intuition.
• Demonstrated ownership, initiative, and leadership potential.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale experimental environments to evaluate AI agents on real-world hardware engineering tasks.
• Conduct research and experimentation at the intersection of hardware engineering and machine learning.
• Develop robust data generation and evaluation processes to support AI-driven hardware design.

Skills

Low-level systems

VLSI design

Leadership potential

Job description

AI-Driven Semiconductor Startup | Stealth Opportunity | San Francisco

An early-stage AI research startup is developing technology to transform how semiconductor chips are designed. They're seeking a Founding Hardware Research Engineer to build the data pipelines, environments, and evaluation frameworks needed to train and test AI agents on complex hardware engineering tasks.

This is a highly technical, hands-on role offering significant ownership and the opportunity to work at the intersection of AI research and semiconductor engineering.

This is a role specifically for young and exceptional engineers who have demonstrated significant ownership across hardware, research, data and machine-learning from internships/academia or work experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale experimental environments to evaluate AI agents on real-world hardware engineering tasks.
• Conduct research and experimentation at the intersection of hardware engineering and machine learning.
• Develop robust data generation and evaluation processes to support AI-driven hardware design.

Requirements

• Strong background in low-level systems engineering and/or VLSI design.
• Excellent engineering fundamentals and strong research intuition.
• Demonstrated ownership, initiative, and leadership potential.