Applied AI Engineer - VLSI Design
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Job Description
Applied AI Engineer focusing on VLSI design at NVIDIA, delivering AI powered tooling to support VLSI engineering flows and CAD systems in a hybrid Santa Clara, CA setting.
Responsibilities
- Lead design, development, and deployment of AI applications using LLMs, internal and external Agentic frameworks, and related technologies to support VLSI engineering workflows.
- Architect and implement the infrastructure required to deploy LLM powered engineering assistants and multi turn, multi modal dialogue systems.
- Develop agentic AI solutions to tackle complex VLSI design challenges, integrating and fine tuning them with CAD flow systems.
- Apply AI techniques to improve efficiency in chip design processes and problem solving.
- Build and maintain design databases and dashboards leveraging agentic and deterministic retrieval to surface relevant engineering data and accelerate design closure.
- Collaborate with circuit design, layout, technology, and third party EDA vendors across geographies and time zones.
Requirements
- Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of proven industry experience in a related field.
- Proficiency in rapid prototyping using Python with strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
- Experience fine tuning large language models, building advanced multi agent systems, RAG pipelines and vector databases.
- Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a track record of thriving in dynamic, product focused, and distributed teams.
- Proactive problem solving and willingness to acquire new skills and knowledge as needed to achieve results.
Technologies
- Python
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Agentic frameworks
- RAG pipelines
- Vector databases
- CAD flow systems
Benefits
- Equity
- Benefits package
Ways to stand out
- Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications in software and AI development.
- Proficiency in standard software development practices, including version control, testing, and CI/CD.
- Curiosity and ability to learn disparate concepts and combine them in innovative ways.
- Prior experience with circuit design or hardware design is a plus.