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Architect Labs · Palo Alto

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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
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