Lead Chip Simulation Engineer for AI Accelerators

Etched.ai; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Housing subsidy

Relocation support

Wellness benefits

Daily meals

Unlimited compute budget

Job summary

Etched.ai is seeking a Lead Chip Simulation Engineer to steer the technical direction and development of our custom AI accelerator simulation infrastructure in a highly technical leadership role. You will guide a team building bit-accurate, cycle-aware models and collaborate with hardware architects, firmware, and kernel teams to enable pre-silicon development.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and ensure simulation accuracy, performance, and maintainability while staying

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in C/C++ and low-level systems software development.
• Experience leading complex technical projects and guiding engineers through design, implementation and reviews.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and hardware–software interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the chip simulation team across architecture, implementation, debugging and performance optimization.
• Own the technical direction of the simulation infrastructure for accuracy, scalability and maintainability.
• Lead design and code reviews to maintain high code quality and engineering standards.
• Mentor engineers and support career growth within the team.
• Drive hardware–software co-design and collaborate with hardware architects and software teams.
• Oversee simulator integration including QEMU-based host integration and multi-chip simulation.
• Guide validation and testing strategies to ensure simulation accuracy vs hardware specs.
• Remain hands-on when needed, contributing to critical implementations and prototyping.

Skills

C/C++

System design

Mentoring

Code reviews

Debugging

Co-design

Tools

QEMU

gem5

SystemC

Job description

Etched.ai is seeking a Lead Chip Simulation Engineer to steer the technical direction and development of our custom AI accelerator simulation infrastructure in a highly technical leadership role. You will guide a team building bit-accurate, cycle-aware models and collaborate with hardware architects, firmware, and kernel teams to enable pre-silicon development.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and ensure simulation accuracy, performance, and maintainability while staying