Forward Deployed Engineer

The role

You will embed with customer design and verification teams to build new solutions. You will own the customer relationship from problem definition to a working product. You will write code that connects ChipAgents to customer design flows.

What you will do

• Embed on-site (or near-site) with customer design and verification teams to build new solutions with them.
• Own the customer relationship end-to-end for your account.
• Work with R&D, domain experts, and customer champions to turn field problems into shipped solutions.
• Write code that connects ChipAgents to customer design flows, including RTL, testbenches, simulators, and verification environments.

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience in chip design or design verification (DV) at a semiconductor, EDA, or hardware company.
• Working knowledge of Verilog, SystemVerilog, and RTL.
• Familiarity with verification flows such as testbenches, simulation, and debug.
• Python required.
• Strong interest in working at the intersection of software and hardware.
• Comfortable building under ambiguity and shipping custom, working solutions without a stable spec.
• AI-native, with experience using AI agents, especially coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode.
• Excellent communicator, able to work directly with customer engineers and managers.
• Comfortable with frequent on-site customer travel.

Nice to have

• C++ or TypeScript a plus
• Experience with UVM, formal verification, or commercial EDA tools.
• Experience customizing AI agents.
• Prior forward-deployed, solutions engineering, applications engineering, or field engineering experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience with scripting and automation around design flows, such as Python, Tcl, or Makefiles.
• Experience standing up secure customer environments and data access.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• medical
• vision
• dental
• 401k
• Two engineering-centric offices with free parking, private gym, and free lunch, drinks and snacks.

About the company

ChipAgents is revolutionizing chip design and verification with agentic-AI workflows. They partner with top-10 semiconductor companies, hyperscale cloud providers, and cutting-edge startups.