Remote Circuit Design Expert for AI Hardware & Verification

YO AI Labs; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Circuit Design Expert on a contractor basis to support an AI training project involving electronic hardware, circuit design, simulation, verification, EDA workflows, and Python. You will design, analyze, validate, and review real-world circuit solutions, translating requirements into schematics and models, and running CLI-based workflows.

The role emphasizes independent problem-solving and rigorous verification across analog/digital/RF domains.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• BS in Electrical Engineering with 1–2+ years of professional circuit-design experience.
• Strong Python and programmatic EDA/tool experience.
• Experience with hardware bring-up, laboratory validation, design verification, or post-fabrication debugging.
• Ability to explain circuit behavior, assumptions, and design trade-offs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, and review analog, digital, power, mixed-signal, or RF circuits.
• Translate requirements into schematics, netlists, HDL, models, and simulation inputs.
• Run simulation, synthesis, and verification workflows using CLI-based tools.
• Use Python to automate simulations, parameter sweeps, and result analysis.
• Evaluate voltage, current, power, gain, bandwidth, noise, timing, and stability.
• Diagnose component, parasitic, layout, signal/power integrity, thermal, and manufacturing issues.
• Review AI-generated circuit solutions and create reproducible reference solutions.

Skills

Circuit Design & Analysis

Analog/Digital/Mixed-Signal/RF Design

Circuit Simulation & Verification

EDA & CLI-Based Workflows

Python

Hardware Debugging & Validation

Signal & Power Integrity

Technical Problem-Solving

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field

BS in Electrical Engineering with 1–2+ years of professional circuit-design experience

Tools

ngspice

Xyce

Yosys

Verilator

KiCad

SPICE simulators

HDL tools

PySpice

NumPy

SciPy

pandas

Matplotlib

cocotb

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Circuit Design Expert on a contractor basis to support an AI training project involving electronic hardware, circuit design, simulation, verification, EDA workflows, and Python. You will design, analyze, validate, and review real-world circuit solutions, translating requirements into schematics and models, and running CLI-based workflows.

The role emphasizes independent problem-solving and rigorous verification across analog/digital/RF domains.