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Senior Research Scientist, AI Accelerator Design and VLSI

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $192,000–$192,000🗓 2026-02-10 → 2026-07-31

Core

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

Role type

Senior Research Scientist (AI Accelerator Design and VLSI)

Builds

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

Domain

Semiconductor hardware, AI/ML, VLSI, Computer Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | research

Required skills

VLSI design and verification, digital VLSI circuits, computer arithmetic, numerical methods for ML optimization, EDA tool flows, Python/PyTorch, C++, SystemVerilog, CUDA, research direction setting

Preferred skills

Generative AI for hardware design, mentoring junior scientists, cross-functional collaboration

Technologies

Python, PyTorch, C++, SystemVerilog, CUDA, modern EDA tool flows

Responsibilities

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

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership

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