Hardware Application Engineer

Voltai; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Voltai in Palo Alto is seeking a seasoned hardware-focused engineer to work with customers, integrating Voltai’s hardware and design systems into real-world workflows. You will diagnose complex issues across software and hardware boundaries and translate customer requirements into actionable feedback for design and product teams.

The role emphasizes clear communication, strong problem solving, and hands-on debugging across boards, schematics, and simulations, with 5+ years in hardware design,

Qualifications

• Experience in hardware design, simulation, or EDA tools.
• Background in customer support, debugging, and design validation.
• Proficiency in schematic review, board-level analysis, and failure investigation.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers to integrate Voltai hardware and design systems into their workflows.
• Provide deep technical support and debug across software and hardware boundaries.
• Translate customer requirements into feedback for design and product teams.

Skills

Hardware design/EDA tools

Customer support

Debug

Design validation

Schematic review

Job description

About Voltai

Voltai is developing world models, and agents to learn, evaluate, plan, experiment, and interact with the physical world. We are starting out with understanding and building hardware; electronics systems and semiconductors where AI can design and create beyond human cognitive limits.

About the Team

Backed by Silicon Valley’s top investors, Stanford University, and CEOs/Presidents of Google, AMD, Broadcom, Marvell, etc. We are a team of previous Stanford professors, SAIL researchers, Olympiad medalists (IPhO, IOI, etc.), CTOs of Synopsys & GlobalFoundries, Head of Sales & CRO of Cadence, former US Secretary of Defense, National Security Advisor, and Senior Foreign-Policy Advisor to four US presidents.

About this Role

You’ll collaborate with customers and partners to integrate Voltai’s hardware and design systems into their workflows. You’ll provide deep technical support, debug complex issues across software and hardware boundaries, and translate customer requirements into feedback for design and product teams.

You might thrive if you have 5+ years of experience in

• Hardware design, simulation, or EDA tools
• Customer support, debug, and design validation
• Schematic review, board-level analysis, and failure investigation
• Communicating complex technical concepts clearly and concisely