CareerPlanGet AI match score →

Research Scientist, AI Accelerator Design and VLSI - New College Grad 2026

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $168,000–$168,000🗓 2026-02-05 → 2026-08-01

Core

Conducting groundbreaking research at the intersection of AI HW/SW Co-Design, AI Hardware Accelerator Architecture, IC Design Methodology, and VLSI Design.

Role type

PhD Researcher (New College Grad)

Builds

Novel AI accelerator designs, ASIC/VLSI design techniques, and research prototype testchips.

Domain

Semiconductor hardware, AI/ML, VLSI, Computer Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | research

Required skills

PhD in CS/EE, VLSI implementation with EDA tools, Python/PyTorch/C++/SystemVerilog/CUDA, publications in top circuit/architecture/AI venues, expertise in digital VLSI circuits or numerical algorithms for AI HW/SW co-design

Preferred skills

Generative AI for hardware design, tensor decomposition, sparsity methods

Technologies

Python, PyTorch, C++, SystemVerilog, CUDA, EDA tools

Responsibilities

Contribute to novel research in AI accelerator design, research innovative ASIC/VLSI design techniques, develop numerical methods for quantization and sparsity, collaborate on research prototype testchips, publish and present original research

Seniority

PhD level, entry-level researcher

Sourced via workday · Listed on CareerPlan, which tracks 70,000+ jobs from 20+ sources.
Apply on Workday ↗