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RTL Engineer – Physical AI Solutions

San Jose, California, United StatesFull-time$149k–$238k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Designing, implementing, and verifying high-performance digital logic (RTL) for FPGA and programmable hardware solutions that accelerate Physical AI workloads.

Role type

Senior IC RTL Engineer (FPGA/AI Acceleration)

Builds

FPGA-accelerated AI pipelines, real-time perception systems, robotics compute platforms, edge AI inferencing architectures

Domain

Semiconductor / FPGA / Physical AI / Computer Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Verilog, SystemVerilog, Computer Architecture, Digital Design, ASIC/FPGA Methodologies, Simulation & Verification, Datapath Design, Control Logic, Synthesis, Static Timing Analysis

Preferred skills

AI/ML Accelerator Design, FPGA Architectures, EDA Tools (Synopsys/Cadence), High-bandwidth Memory/NoC/PCIe, Hardware-Software Co-design, Python/C++

Technologies

Verilog, SystemVerilog, FPGA, Synopsys, Siemens EDA, Cadence, Python, C/C++, PCIe, Ethernet, CXL

Responsibilities

Design RTL for FPGA solutions, translate specs to synthesizable code, create microarchitecture specs, optimize for PPA, collaborate on verification strategies, support synthesis/timing closure, debug RTL/simulation/silicon issues, contribute to feature definition

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC