Senior RTL Design Engineer

The role

Senior RTL Design Engineers design component units of the Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU) ASICs. You will own blocks within a larger subsystem, write and debug RTL, and carry blocks through implementation, tape-out, and silicon bring-up.

What you will do

• Design component units of the Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU) ASICs
• Own blocks within a larger subsystem
• Contribute sections of the microarchitecture specification
• Write and debug RTL
• Carry blocks through implementation, tape-out, and silicon bring-up

Required qualifications

• 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 industry-standard interconnects and protocols including AXI, PCIe, Ethernet, and HBM or DDR
• Experience with digital logic synthesis tools and static timing analysis
• Proficiency with industry-standard 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

Nice to have

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
• Exposure to a full ASIC development cycle through tape-out and production silicon
• Interest in or knowledge of AI workload acceleration techniques
• Experience with low-power design techniques such as clock gating and DVFS at advanced process nodes
• Exposure to emulation or FPGA prototyping platforms for pre-silicon validation

Benefits

• Base salary plus equity
• 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
• 77% premium coverage for dependents
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care
• Headspace subscription
• Gympass+ membership
• One Medical membership
• Counseling services with an Employee Assistance Program

Before you apply

• You must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified

About the company

SambaNova is a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, delivering a full-stack inference platform for customers worldwide. Its core technology is the RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit).