Member of Technical Staff - Microarchitectural Validation
Architect Labs · Palo Alto
CHECKED 21H AGO
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At a glance
Highlights
- Own verification strategy for AI-generated designs taping out on leading foundries.
- Work at the intersection of hardware verification and AI-driven design automation.
- Help compress software-to-silicon timelines for next-gen AI workloads.
What they offer
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity stake
- Fast-paced startup with autonomy and visible impact
- Cutting-edge challenges at the intersection of AI and silicon design
Ideal candidate
A rigorous, autonomous verification veteran who loves startup ownership and leading DV as teams scale, excited by blending hardware correctness with AI-driven design automation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
- 5+ years (10+ preferred) working on advanced-node tapeouts
- Deep expertise in verification/validation, emulation and architectural/system-level verification
- Proven track record defining microarchitectural checkers, monitors and reusable validation collateral
- Strong skills in SystemVerilog, UVM and C/C++; Python strongly preferred
- Hands-on verification experience in at least one: ARM/AMBA, CPU subsystems, memory controllers, NoC, NPU, security IPs
- Hands-on experience with simulation and emulation flows and FPGA prototyping
- Excellent problem-solving, collaboration and communication with independent execution
- Ability and desire to lead the DV function as the team scales
Lab profile
About Architect Labs
Frontier AI lab for custom silicon co-designed for next-generation AI workloads.
What they build
- Custom AI chips
Known for
- End-to-end software-to-silicon co-design
- Intelligence per watt and per dollar optimization
- Expertise across silicon, systems, software and AI
Key facts
- Small team