Chip/Software Engineer
Chip/Software Engineer at Silimate — Mountain View, CA, US
- Company: Silimate
- Location: Mountain View, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 140000–220000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
We’re looking for a key engineer with significant experience with the VLSI front-end design flow and strong coding skills to help us build/scale chip AI models and agent-driven workflows.
Who you are:
You are excited about transforming the way chips are built by the entire chip industry.
You are resourceful, a self-starter, and care intensely about the quality of your work.
You want to work at a scrappy startup that sets and meets aggressive goals.
You want to own/drive core product and write/ship code every day.
You want to work with our customers/users and translate their feedback into company/product direction.
If this sounds like you, please apply to join the team!
What you’ll do:
Write code (Python/C++) that ships to Fortune 500s and chip unicorns
Make software architectural decisions for key product features
Translate user feedback into product updates/features
Plan core product roadmap and strategy
Minimum requirements:
Passionate and excited about chips and AI for EDA
Experienced with designing ASICs using SystemVerilog and synthesis/verification tools (open-source and/or commercial)
Experienced with common front-end EDA tools
Good at writing/shipping high-quality code (Python/C++) quickly
Basic knowledge of statistics & AI/ML methods
Resilient, data-driven, and works from first principles
Ideal requirements:
1+ tapeouts (ideally on advanced technology nodes)
Contributor to open-source EDA/chip efforts
Significant experience with PPA optimization and/or functional correctness convergence
Benefits:
Generous salary and equity package
Full health/vision/dental/401k benefits
Team meals
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Apply to chat with the founders about the details!