CareerPlan

Applied AI Engineer, Top Hardware Priorities

Santa Clara, CaliforniaFull-time2026-07-30 → 2026-10-22

Core

Build applied AI workflows and agentic systems to automate hardware and software engineering tasks like optimization, verification, debugging, and simulation.

Role type

Senior Applied AI Engineer (Hardware-adjacent)

Builds

AI-assisted engineering tools, agent loops, validation harnesses, and automation platforms for hardware design and software optimization.

Domain

Semiconductor hardware engineering and AI systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, C++, C, HIP, CUDA, Rust, applied AI, agentic systems, debugging, root-cause analysis, hardware design workflows, GPU/CPU performance engineering, LLM agents, tool use, retrieval

Preferred skills

RTL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, formal verification, EDA tools, compiler tooling, ROCm/HIP, experiment tracking, RL, post-training methods

Technologies

Python, C++, C, HIP, CUDA, Rust, LLMs, compilers, simulators, formal checks, profilers, benchmark harnesses, ticket systems

Responsibilities

Build applied AI workflows for optimization, verification, debugging, simulation, and automation; Convert manual processes into structured tasks with validation and scoring; Partner with domain owners to define success metrics; Develop tools for AI agents to use engineering systems; Build human-in-the-loop workflows; Improve model performance via prompts and evaluation datasets; Generalize patterns into reusable platforms and dashboards.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC