RTL Design Engineer

Etched; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a talented RTL Design Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role involves developing design verification strategies for cutting-edge AI chips, ensuring efficiency and correctness in ASIC designs. As part of a fast-paced environment, you'll collaborate with experts in machine learning and contribute to revolutionary projects. The company values engineering excellence and offers an exciting opportunity to work on state-of-the-art technologies. If you are eager to learn and ready to make an impact, this position is for you.

Benefits

Full medical, dental, and vision coverage

$2,000/month housing subsidy

Daily lunch and dinner at the office

Relocation support

Qualifications

• 5+ years of RTL development experience is essential.
• Experience with high-speed digital logic is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement design verification strategies for ASIC designs.
• Collaborate with teams on machine learning architectures.

Skills

RTL development

High-speed digital logic

Standard RTL design and synthesis tools

Verification work and writing test benches

Python or other scripting languages

Job description

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About Etched
Etched is building AI chips that are hard-coded for individual model architectures. Our first product (Sohu) supports transformers and offers significantly higher throughput and lower latency than traditional GPUs. Our ASICs enable products like real-time video generation and deep reasoning models that are impossible with GPUs.

Role Overview
As an RTL Design Engineer, you will ensure our AI chips operate correctly and efficiently by developing and implementing design verification strategies for current and future ASIC designs. You will collaborate with teams working on state-of-the-art machine learning architectures. While experience with these architectures is not required, a willingness to learn quickly is essential. You will operate in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of autonomy, contributing to Etched’s success.

Representative Projects

• Implement blocks for efficient floating point math operations
• Provide feedback to the uArch team to meet timing and area constraints

You May Be a Good Fit If You

• Have at least 5 years of RTL development experience
• Have experience with high-speed digital logic
• Are proficient with standard RTL design and synthesis tools
• Have familiarity with verification work and writing test benches
• Are eager to learn about transformers and AI technologies
• Are ready to start quickly

Strong Candidates May Also Have Experience With

• PCIe, Ethernet, or HBM technologies
• Transformer models and machine learning
• Numerical representations and functions
• Programming with Python or other scripting languages

We encourage applicants even if they do not meet every qualification.

How We’re Different
Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson—progress in AI comes from leveraging more FLOPs through model-specific hardware. Our team in Cupertino values engineering skills and integrates research and engineering efforts, contributing to both as needed.

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage, with premiums fully covered for employees and 90% for dependents
• $2,000/month housing subsidy for those living near the office
• Daily lunch and dinner at the office
• Relocation support for moving to Cupertino

Position Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and IT
• Industry: Computer Hardware Manufacturing