Software Engineer, ML for EDA

Responsibilities

You will build and maintain production software that integrates machine learning research into the ChipAgents platform and customer design environments. This involves creating data pipelines, managing compute infrastructure, and ensuring the reliability of systems used by researchers and customers.

Requirements

The role requires strong software engineering skills in Python, experience with Linux environments, and familiarity with digital design flows and EDA tools. Candidates should also have experience deploying software in enterprise environments and possess strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

• Python
• Linux
• EDA tools
• Machine learning
• Data pipelines
• Software engineering
• Tcl scripting
• Digital design flow
• Synthesis
• Place and route
• Timing analysis
• Power analysis
• MLOps
• Containerization
• Compute infrastructure
• Verilog

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401k
• Equity
• Free parking
• Private gym
• Free lunch
• Free drinks
• Free snacks

About this role

Position Overview
We are hiring Software Engineers to build the production systems behind our machine learning work in electronic design automation (EDA). Our researchers apply ML to power, performance, and area problems in chip design, and you'll turn that work into reliable software that runs in the ChipAgents platform and inside customer design environments. That means integrating with EDA tools, flows, and compute infrastructure, building the data pipelines and services our models depend on, and making deployments repeatable across customers. You'll work closely with ML researchers, hardware experts, and customer engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain the production software that brings our ML research into the ChipAgents platform.
Integrate with EDA tools, flow scripts, libraries, and compute infrastructure across a range of design environments.
Build data pipelines and tooling that turn EDA tool runs into datasets for training and evaluation.
Deploy and support our software in customer environments, including on-premises and restricted-network setups, working with customer engineering teams.
Turn repeated integration work into reusable tools, such as deployment tooling, adapters, and documentation.
Own the reliability and performance of the systems our researchers and customers depend on.
Bring customer feedback, failure cases, and feature requests back to the research and product teams.
Write well-architected, maintainable production code.
Qualifications
Strong software engineering skills in Python and experience building production systems in Linux environments.
Familiarity with the digital design flow (synthesis, place and route, timing and power analysis) and the EDA tools used to run it.
Working knowledge of machine learning and how ML systems are trained, evaluated, and deployed.
Experience deploying software into customer or enterprise environments, including compute farms (LSF, Slurm), containers, and restricted networks.
Strong communication skills and customer judgment, with the ability to work directly with customer engineering teams and our researchers.
Self-directed, with strong ownership and a commitment to customer and business outcomes.
Nice to Haves
Hands-on experience with commercial EDA tools including Tcl scripting.
Experience as an engineer at an EDA vendor or semiconductor company.
Familiarity with EDA data formats such as Verilog, Liberty, LEF/DEF, SDC, and SPEF.
Experience with open-source EDA tools.
Experience with LLMs or agent systems.
MLOps experience with model packaging, versioning, and monitoring.
Why ChipAgents
Take new ML research into production on real chip designs, working directly with the researchers who build it and the customer teams who use it.
Shape the product, since the feedback you bring back from customers directly informs our roadmap.
Join a fast-growing team working alongside industry veterans and real customers, with scope across engineering, research collaboration, and customer-facing work based on your strengths and interests.
Equal Opportunity
ChipAgents is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds.
What We Offer
$150K/yr – $350K/yr base salary + equity. We are open to discuss above-scale compensation with exceptional candidates on a case-by-case basis.
Unlimited PTO and full benefits (medical, vision, dental, 401k).
Two engineering-centric offices with free parking, private gym, and free lunch, drinks and snacks.

About ChipAgents

Software Development · 51-200 employees · headquartered in Santa Clara, CA · founded 2024