Senior Staff Design Automation Engineer

The Rundown AI, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Remote; USD 205,000 - 293,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in ASIC development is seeking a Senior Staff Design Automation Engineer to enhance its silicon design flow. This role involves developing automation frameworks, collaborating on hardware migration, and leveraging innovative methodologies to improve verification processes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in ASIC/FPGA design and strong scripting capabilities, contributing to a collaborative and innovative team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in ASIC/FPGA design, verification, or EDA/CAD experience.
• Industry-proven software design experience.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, PERL).

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and deploy automation framework for Groq silicon design.
• Collaborate with design team on hardware code migration.
• Engage with software teams on configuration-specific collateral.

Skills

ASIC design

FPGA hardware

Software design

Hardware modeling

Scripting (Python, PERL)

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Senior Staff Design Automation Engineer

Mission:The Hardware Infrastructure team in Groq is responsible for architecting and supporting a world class ASIC development and verification environment that optimizes the productivity of our hardware engineering team.

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role:

• Architect, develop, and deploy an innovative framework that enables automation of the Groq silicon design flow.
• Collaborate with the silicon design team to migrate the Groq hardware code base into a form that facilitates dynamic scaling and feature management.
• Engage with software teams to define and deliver configuration-specific collateral that streamlines co-development.
• Investigate new and novel ways to accelerate verification and physical design of the generated designs, leveraging AI/ML approaches where possible.
• Investigate opportunities to more closely align hardware, software and production flows.

Ideal candidates have/are:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering
• A solid background in ASIC/FPGA hardware (5+ years in design, verification, or EDA/CAD experience).
• Industry-proven software design experience (hardware modeling, applications development, compiler development).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, PERL, etc.).
• Previous experience with meta-programming approaches would be an asset.
• Experience with physical design methodologies and flows would be an asset.
• Strong team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Attributes of a Groqster:

• Humility - Egos are checked at the door
• Collaborative & Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room, together
• Growth & Giver Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously
• Curious & Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design
• Passion, Grit, & Boldness - no limit thinking, fueling informed risk taking

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Compensation:At Groq, a competitive base salary is part of our comprehensive compensation package, which includes equity and benefits. For this role, the base salary range is $205,530 to $292,600, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.

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