Physical Design Engineer

Highlights

• Build hardware for frontier intelligence spanning chips, racks, and software.
• Drive best-in-class throughput and latency across prefill and decode workloads.
• Help redefine the infrastructure layer for the fastest-growing industry.

What they offer

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
• Housing subsidy of $2.5k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
• Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
• Daily lunch + dinner in office
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

Ideal candidate

A deeply creative physical design engineer with 5-10+ years of experience who thinks from first principles and thrives in fast-paced, in-person startup environments building frontier AI hardware.

Requirements

• 5-10+ years experience with PD tools, flow and design methodology from RTL synthesis to GDSII sign-off
• Experience with back-end design and timing closure on advanced process nodes (5nm and below)
• Experience with Cadence (Innovus, Genus) or Synopsys (ICC2, Fusion Compiler) automated RTL-to-GDSII flows
• Experience with sign-off tools (PrimeTime, Tempus, Voltus, etc.)
• Experience with UPF-based low power design methodology, power verification, synthesis, scan insertion/ATPG, formal verification, floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, IR drop, and EM/antenna analysis
• Deeply creative and able to think from first principles
• Familiarity with modern ML and LLM model architectures
• Ability to program with Python or another scripting language
• Familiarity with AI tools for programming/coding
• Startup experience or comfort working in fast-paced environments