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AI Sr. Principal Engineer

Irvine, CA, USFull-time$203k–$300k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10
Citizens or permanent residents only

Core

Building foundational AI systems at the intersection of machine learning and hardware engineering to automate analog/mixed-signal IC design and optimize physical systems.

Role type

Sr. Principal Engineer (AI/ML for Hardware Design)

Builds

Learning and optimization systems for design space search, fast learned models replacing physical simulation, and agentic tooling for engineering automation.

Domain

Semiconductor industry + Analog/Mixed-Signal IC design + Applied Mathematics/Optimization

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning, large-scale systems, applied mathematics/optimization, analog/mixed-signal design, Python, PyTorch, sparse linear algebra, graph theory, convex/non-convex optimization, distributed systems

Preferred skills

Compilers, intermediate representations, scientific/physics-informed ML, model compression/quantization

Technologies

Python, PyTorch

Responsibilities

Teaching machines to represent structured engineering artifacts (graphs, netlists, layouts), building learning systems that search design spaces, designing data/modeling/compute backbones, creating fast learned models for physical simulation, building agentic tooling layers.

Seniority

Sr. Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship