Silimate is the copilot for chip designers.

Chip teams today are still using the same archaic workflows from 30 years ago, resulting in lengthy 12-18 month design cycles and the inability to ship custom chips fast enough to keep up with the software pointer.

We're changing that at Silimate.

Our chip design copilot is helping chip designers create correct, PPA-optimized RTL code from the onset, and eliminate months from their tapeout schedule. Our goal is to enable autonomous spec-to-design.

We are generating significant revenue with customers that include billion-dollar public enterprises and chip unicorns, and are well-funded by top investors. We're growing fast — demand for Silimate has outpaced our ability to build and ship the product.

If you want to transform how chips are designed by the entire chip industry, join us!

We’re growing the team further! We’re 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.

Who you are:

You are excited about transforming the way chips are built by the entire chip industry, by enabling 100x faster dynamism and speed in chip design cycles.

You are resourceful, a self-starter, and care intensely about the quality of your work.

You want to work at a scrappy startup that sets and meets aggressive goals.

You want to own/drive core product and write/ship code every day.

You want to work with our customers/users and translate their feedback into company/product direction.

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

What you’ll do:

• 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

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Apply to chat with the founders about the details!