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Silimate (YC S23)

Founding Chip/Software Engineer

Silimate (YC S23), San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Overview Founding Chip/Software Engineer

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Silimate (YC S23) . We’re growing the team and are looking for a Founding Engineer with significant experience with the VLSI front-end design flow and strong coding skills to build the copilot for chip designers with us.

This range is provided by Silimate (YC S23). Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range $140,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr

You’ll join a mission-driven startup transforming how chips are built, enabling 100x faster design cycles. We’re looking for a resourceful self-starter who cares deeply about the quality of work and wants to own/drive core product and ship code daily.

You’ll be working with our customers/users, translating feedback into product direction.

If this sounds like you, please apply to join the team!

Responsibilities

Write code (Python/C++) that ships to Silimate’s 10+ chip/IP customers

Make software architectural decisions for key product features

Translate user feedback into product updates/features

Plan core product roadmap and strategy with the founders

Minimum Requirements

Passionate and excited about chips and AI for EDA

Experienced with designing ASICs using SystemVerilog and synthesis/verification tools (open-source and/or commercial)

Experienced with common front-end EDA tools

Good at writing/shipping high-quality code (Python/C++) quickly

Basic knowledge of statistics & AI/ML methods

Resilient, data-driven, and works from first principles

Ideal Requirements

1+ tapeouts (ideally on advanced technology nodes)

Contributor to open-source EDA/chip efforts

Significant experience with PPA optimization and/or functional correctness convergence

Benefits

Generous salary and equity package

Full health/vision/dental/401k benefits

Team meals

Apply to chat with the founders about the details!

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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