Senior RTL Design Engineer – AI Inference ASIC (Onsite)

Acceler8 Talent; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Onsite work in South Bay

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent is seeking a senior engineer to own RTL implementation for a purpose-built inference ASIC. You will work directly with founders and a small founding team in a high-ownership role across design, verification, and physical implementation.

The ideal candidate has demonstrable RTL ownership, experience solving complex microarchitectural problems, and a passion for hands-on engineering in an early-stage environment in the South Bay.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ownership of RTL implementation for a digital ASIC/SoC.
• Proven ability to solve complex logic or microarchitecture problems.
• Experience coordinating with verification and implementation teams to resolve design issues.
• Ability to articulate technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and debugging RTL for a purpose-built inference ASIC.
• Owning a defined part of the chip from design through implementation and debugging.
• Solving difficult logic and microarchitecture problems.
• Working closely with verification engineers to ensure correctness and resolve design issues.
• Collaborating with physical implementation teams to address design constraints.
• Collaborating directly with founders and senior engineers to iterate and deliver.

Skills

RTL ownership

ASIC/SoC design

RTL debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Verilog/VHDL

Job description

Acceler8 Talent is seeking a senior engineer to own RTL implementation for a purpose-built inference ASIC. You will work directly with founders and a small founding team in a high-ownership role across design, verification, and physical implementation.

The ideal candidate has demonstrable RTL ownership, experience solving complex microarchitectural problems, and a passion for hands-on engineering in an early-stage environment in the South Bay.