CareerPlan

Hardware/ Software Co-Design Engineer

FremontFull-time$151k–$261k2026-11-09
No visa sponsorship

Core

Designing micro-architecture and RTL implementation of low-power digital signal processors, hardware accelerators, and system-on-chip components for high-bandwidth brain-machine interfaces.

Role type

Senior IC hardware/software co-design engineer

Builds

Low-power DSPs, hardware accelerators, GPUs, and radio/serial link MAC/PHYs for neural recording and stimulation SoCs

Domain

Semiconductor / Brain-Computer Interfaces

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Micro-architecture design, RTL implementation, Embedded C/Rust, SystemVerilog, C/C++, Python, Emulation modeling, Digital system architecture, DSP pipeline design

Preferred skills

Architecture optimization with process technology, Digital system verification, Physical design, SoC debugging, Functional modeling, Tool flow automation, ISA design, Compiler back-end design

Technologies

SystemVerilog, C, C++, Python, Rust, SystemC

Responsibilities

Design low-power DSPs and hardware accelerators; Optimize hardware/software interfaces with firmware; Perform energy/performance profiling and workload analysis; Collaborate on silicon bring-up tests

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC