Chip Simulation Lead

San Josefull timeOn Site

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senior

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Etched Lead Chip Simulation Engineer responsible for driving technical direction and development of custom AI accelerator simulation infrastructure. Guide engineers on bit-accurate, cycle-aware chip simulator development and collaborate with hardware and software teams for pre-silicon development.

Responsibilities

This is a highly technical leadership role for someone who enjoys mentoring engineers, solving complex systems problems, and staying close to the code.
Provide technical leadership for the chip simulation team, guiding engineers through architecture, implementation, debugging, and performance optimization.
Own the technical direction of our simulation infrastructure, ensuring accuracy, scalability, performance, and maintainability.
Lead design and code reviews, establishing engineering best practices and maintaining a high bar for code quality.
Mentor and support engineers, helping them navigate complex technical challenges.
Drive hardware-software co-design, partnering with hardware architects and software teams to influence architecture and enable pre-silicon development.
Oversee simulator integration, including simulated hardware modules, QEMU-based host integration, and multi-chip simulation.
Guide validation and testing strategies to ensure simulation correctness and alignment with hardware specifications.
Remain technically hands-on when needed, contributing to critical implementations, debugging, and architectural prototyping.
Representative Projects
Lead the development of simulation models for our custom AI accelerator.
Guide engineers building and validating bit-accurate and cycle-aware models of on-chip modules.