Remote Circuit Design Specialist (Python & EDA)

YO AI Labs; North Carolina; Remote; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Circuit Design Expert on a contractor basis to support an AI hardware project worldwide. You will design, analyze, validate circuits, run simulations, verify EDA workflows, and use Python to automate tasks.

Applicants should have expertise in analog/digital/mixed-signal/RF design, circuit simulation, and programmatic EDA. The role emphasizes collaboration with hardware teams and delivering reproducible reference solutions.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design and analyze 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/programmatic tools.
• Use Python to automate simulations, parameter sweeps, and result analysis.
• Evaluate voltage, current, power, gain, bandwidth, noise, timing, stability, and related outputs.
• Diagnose component, parasitic, layout, signal/power integrity, thermal, and manufacturing issues.
• Compare simulations with analytical calculations and hardware measurements.
• 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 hardware project worldwide. You will design, analyze, validate circuits, run simulations, verify EDA workflows, and use Python to automate tasks.

Applicants should have expertise in analog/digital/mixed-signal/RF design, circuit simulation, and programmatic EDA. The role emphasizes collaboration with hardware teams and delivering reproducible reference solutions.