Senior RTL/HLS Engineer - Remote/Hybrid HW

Code Metal; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan

401k with matching

Paid Time Off

Flexible hybrid or remote work

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Code Metal in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer (RTL / High-Level Synthesis) to architect and expand our capabilities to generate production-ready RTL from high-level algorithms.

You will develop RTL via HLS integration, work with C++ pipelines, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure verifiability and performance on real hardware. Experience with Catapult, Vitis HLS, or Stratus is valued; relocation assistance offered.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with RTL code or using High-Level Synthesis, including at least one commercial HLS tool.
• Solid hardware modeling background regarding fixed-point arithmetic, bit-accurate types, synthesis pragmas and modeling trade-offs.
• Scripting experience in Python for development, toolchain automation and testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop C++ and post-HLS readability and optimization passes to produce human-auditable RTL.
• Leverage Agentic AI and verification capability within Code Metal.
• Contribute to CI/CD qualification including automated RTL simulation, functional verification, and regression testing.

Skills

RTL coding

HDL design concepts

Python scripting

Debugging skills

Verification workflows

Tools

Catapult

Vitis HLS

Stratus

Job description

Code Metal in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer (RTL / High-Level Synthesis) to architect and expand our capabilities to generate production-ready RTL from high-level algorithms.

You will develop RTL via HLS integration, work with C++ pipelines, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure verifiability and performance on real hardware. Experience with Catapult, Vitis HLS, or Stratus is valued; relocation assistance offered.