Senior RTL Design Engineer
SambaNova · Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, United States · Austin, TX · San Jose, CA
CHECKED 12H AGO
Infrastructureonsitesenior$120k–$200k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own RTL blocks for the RDU AI accelerator from microarchitecture through tape-out.
- Carry designs through implementation, tape-out, and silicon bring-up.
- Help advance rack-scale AI inference built on dataflow architecture, not GPUs.
What they offer
- Equity
- Medical insurance with 95% employee and 77% dependent premium coverage
- Health Savings Account with employer contribution
- Dental and vision coverage
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Basic life, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Headspace subscription
- Gympass+ membership
- One Medical membership
- Employee Assistance Program counseling
Ideal candidate
An experienced ASIC designer who loves owning blocks end-to-end, from architecture to silicon, and cares deeply about performance, efficiency, and building next-gen AI accelerators.
Requirements
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
- 5+ years of experience in ASIC RTL design
- Solid foundation in computer architecture and digital logic design
- Strong SystemVerilog RTL design skills for high-speed, high-performance ASICs
- Experience making design decisions that trade off power, performance, and area
- Knowledge of interconnects and protocols including AXI, PCIe, Ethernet, and HBM or DDR
- Experience with digital logic synthesis tools and static timing analysis
- Proficiency with tools for linting, clock domain crossing, and logical equivalence checking
- Experience implementing SystemVerilog Assertions to check design intent
- Familiarity with tools and simulators for hardware performance analysis and tuning
- Familiarity with Git for managing release cycles
- Scripting skills in Python and Linux shell
Lab profile
About SambaNova
Full-stack AI infrastructure with RDU dataflow chips for fast agentic inference.
What they build
- RDU Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit
- SambaRack rack-scale hardware
- Full-stack AI inference platform
Known for
- Reconfigurable dataflow architecture alternative to GPUs
- High decode performance for agentic workloads
- Full-stack hardware-software co-design
Key facts
- Founded in 2017
- Headquartered in Palo Alto, California