RTL Design Engineer

Etched
San Jose
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 150,000 - 275,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Autonomy","Learning agility"]

As an RTL Engineer, you will ensure AI chips operate correctly by developing verification strategies for existing and upcoming ASIC designs, working with state-of-the-art ML architectures, and learning quickly in a fast-paced, autonomous environment to support Etched’s first-in-class transformer-focused ASICs.

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RTL Design Engineer

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Job Summary

As an RTL Engineer, you will ensure AI chips operate correctly by developing verification strategies for existing and upcoming ASIC designs, working with state-of-the-art ML architectures, and learning quickly in a fast-paced, autonomous environment to support Etched’s first-in-class transformer-focused ASICs.
Location: San Jose
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and implement design verification strategies for existing and upcoming ASIC designs
  • •Ensure AI chips operate correctly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
  • •Contribute to block-level verification tasks and feedback to architecture/engineering teams
  • •Collaborate with uArch to ensure timing and area constraints are met
  • •Participate in learning about transformer architectures and modern AI implications

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 150,000 - 275,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionHousing SubsidyRelocationWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •At least 5 years of work experience in RTL development.
  • •Experience with high-speed digital logic.
  • •Proficiency in standard RTL design and synthesis tools
  • •Familiarity with verification work and writing test benches
  • •Are able to learn quickly about transformers and other aspects of modern artificial intelligence
Experience:5+ years
Skills:AutonomyLearning agility
Tech Stack:RTLVerilogVHDLSynthesis toolsPythonPCIeHBMEthernet

Company Brief

Etched
Designs transformer‑specialized AI inference ASICs (product: Sohu) to accelerate large‑language‑model workloads, working with TSMC for fabrication and targeting energy‑efficient inference performance.
Industry: Hardware Devices
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 2022
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