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AI / ML DFT Project Lead

Santa Clara, CaliforniaFull-time2026-09-23 → 2026-10-22
No visa sponsorship

Core

Lead AI/ML and agentic AI initiatives to improve productivity, quality, scalability, and predictability of DFT/DFD design and verification flows for high-performance SoCs.

Role type

Senior IC AI/ML Project Lead (Semiconductor Design Automation)

Builds

AI-enabled expert systems, predictive models, intelligent automation, and agentic workflows integrated into EDA tools and design flows.

Domain

Semiconductor / ASIC Design / Design-for-Test (DFT) / Design-for-Debug (DFD)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

DFT/DFD architecture and methodology, AI/ML application development and deployment, agentic AI systems design (tool use, workflow orchestration, RAG), Python, MLOps, ASIC/EDA automation languages (Perl, Tcl, shell), digital logic and VLSI design.

Preferred skills

Integration of AI with EDA tools, knowledge representation and graph-based data, secure AI deployment practices, experience with Claude SDK/OpenAI SDK.

Technologies

Python, scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, EDA tools, CI/CD, containers, APIs.

Responsibilities

Define strategy and roadmap for AI/ML initiatives, integrate AI agents with DFX flows, develop AI-enabled expert systems, evaluate AI advancements for DFX needs, architect agentic workflows, establish evaluation methods and quality gates, lead model deployment and monitoring, drive automation using scripting languages, coordinate cross-functional projects, mentor engineers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership