Chipagents

Chipagents

Applications Engineer

San Jose

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 51 days ago
PythonBashMachine LearningSalesCustomer SuccessCadenceVerilogElectrical EngineeringCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

  • As an Applications Engineer (AE) you will be the primary technical contact for enterprise customers evaluating and deploying ChipAgents.
  • You'll guide pre-sales benchmarks, proof-of-concepts, and production roll-outs
  • and channel customer insights back to our product and R&D teams.

Responsibilities

  • Pre-Sales Enablement: Lead technical discovery, product demos, and benchmarks. Quantify ROI through well-scoped POCs and present results to stakeholders.
  • Deployment & Support: Integrate ChipAgents with existing RTL design, simulation, and verification workflows (e.g., Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa).
  • Customer Success: Serve as a trusted advisor who translates customer goals into concrete deployment plans. Track usage metrics and adoption milestones to drive renewals and expansion.
  • Product Feedback Loop: Consolidate field feedback into clear feature requests and bug reports. Collaborate with product and engineering to prioritize roadmap items.
  • Technical Collateral: Develop application notes, reference flows, and best-practice guides that scale across accounts.
  • Pre-Sales Enablement: Lead technical discovery, product demos, and benchmarks.
  • Integrate ChipAgents with existing RTL design, simulation, and verification workflows (e.g., Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa).
  • Track usage metrics and adoption milestones to drive renewals and expansion.

Requirements

  • proven record of supporting or selling to enterprise engineering teams.
  • Education: B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • EDA Expertise: Hands-on experience in RTL design, functional verification, or EDA application engineering
  • strong command of Verilog/SystemVerilog and common verification methodologies (UVM, lint, CDC).
  • AI/ML Interest: Familiarity with or curiosity about AI-driven automation in design/verification is highly desirable.
  • Customer-Facing Skills: Excellent communication, presentation, and problem-solving abilities
  • Bonus Points: Python, Tcl, or shell scripting
  • Impact: Help shape the adoption of AI in semiconductor design and verification.
  • Customers: Work directly with industry leaders designing next-generation chips.

Nice to have

  • Python, Tcl, or shell scripting
  • prior experience with cloud or on-prem compute clusters
  • exposure to formal verification or hardware emulation.

Skills

  • Self-Starter: Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment with minimal supervision.
  • Growth: Broaden your expertise across AI, EDA, and customer success while influencing our product roadmap.
  • Unlimited PTO and full benefits (medical, vision, dental, 401k).
  • Two engineering-centric offices with free parking, private gym, and free lunch, drinks and snacks.

Compensation

  • We are open to discuss above-scale compensation with exceptional candidates on a case-by-case basis.

Benefits

  • $130K/yr - $350K/yr + Offers Equity.

Company info

  • Work directly with industry leaders designing next-generation chips.
  • As an Applications Engineer (AE) you will be the primary technical contact for enterprise customers evaluating and deploying ChipAgents. You'll guide pre-sales benchmarks, proof-of-concepts, and production roll-outs
  • and channel customer insights back to our product and R&D teams. Success in this role means shortening customers' time-to-value and establishing ChipAgents as an essential part of their EDA flow.
  • Success in this role means shortening customers' time-to-value and establishing ChipAgents as an essential part of their EDA flow.
  • We are open to discuss above-scale compensation with exceptional candidates on a case-by-case basis.

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