Chip Architect

Voltai • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

Voltai is developing world models and agents that can learn, evaluate, plan, experiment, and interact with the physical world, beginning with hardware, electronics systems, and semiconductors. The Chip Architect will define complex SoC and subsystem architectures, from performance models through specifications for RTL teams. The role involves working on silicon programs with large semiconductor companies and helping shape how Voltai’s AI reasons about architecture, trade-offs, and design intent.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in SoC, CPU, GPU, accelerator, or networking architecture.
• A track record of taking architectures from specification to tapeout.
• Strong performance modeling skills using C++, SystemC, Python, or an equivalent tool or language.
• Deep understanding of memory systems, interconnects, cache coherence, and PPA trade-offs.
• Clear technical writing skills and the ability to lead reviews across teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI/ML accelerators or chiplet-based designs.
• Hardware/software co-design experience.
• Interest in how AI can change architecture exploration.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and microarchitecture for SoCs, subsystems, and IP blocks, from requirements through specification.
• Build performance, power, and area models to guide trade-off decisions before RTL is written.
• Define memory hierarchies, interconnects, and interfaces, and lead architecture reviews.
• Write specifications that RTL, verification, and physical design teams can execute against.
• Partner with ML researchers to teach models how expert architects reason about design trade-offs and evaluate proposed architectures.
• Work directly with customers to translate product requirements into silicon.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed