Chip Simulation Lead
Etched · San Jose
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At a glance
Highlights
- Lead simulation infrastructure enabling pre-silicon software development.
- Drive hardware-software co-design for custom AI inference accelerator.
- Define multi-chip simulation to validate scale-out and scale-up.
What they offer
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- Housing subsidy for those living within walking distance of the office
- Relocation support for those moving to San Jose
- Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
- Daily lunch and dinner in the office
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
Ideal candidate
Systems-minded technical leader who enjoys mentoring engineers and staying hands-on with complex hardware-software problems to enable early software development.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in C/C++ and low-level systems software development
- Experience leading complex technical projects and guiding engineers
- Strong understanding of computer architecture and hardware-software interfaces
- Experience building hardware simulators or architectural models
- Ability to make architectural decisions and maintain high engineering standards
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware and software
- Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating across disciplines
- Track record owning complex software systems from architecture to delivery
Lab profile
About Etched
Building specialized AI chips and systems for frontier inference with best-in-class throughput and latency.
What they build
- Sohu AI inference chip
- AI racks and hardware systems
- Inference software stack
Known for
- Full-stack co-design of chips, racks, software and manufacturing
- Best-in-class throughput and latency for prefill and decode
- Inference-optimized architecture
Key facts
- Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors
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