Chip Simulation Software Engineer

Etched • San Jose, CA

3d • $200,000 - $250,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Etched is building custom AI inference chips through close co-design of chips, racks, software, and manufacturing. The chip simulation team supports hardware-software co-design and early development of the full software stack. As a Chip Simulation Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and test simulations of Etched’s custom hardware, working at the cutting edge of hardware innovation. The role involves collaborating across engineering and research disciplines on a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row).

Requirements

• Proficiency in C/C++.
• Strong understanding of low-level software engineering.
• Strong understanding of hardware engineering.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing hardware or system simulations, such as SystemC, gem5, QEMU, or custom frameworks.
• Experience with custom ML hardware accelerators, such as Google TPU.
• Experience with firmware, kernel, and driver development, such as Linux or FreeRTOS.
• Experience with hardware development and verification.
• Experience with multiprocessing and multithreading.
• Familiarity with bit-accurate numerics modeling.
• Experience with performance profiling and optimization of simulation code.
• Proficiency with Python for test harness development, Bazel, and Git.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain hardware simulations, ensuring accuracy, efficient debugging, and optimal performance.
• Influence architectural decisions through review and co-design.
• Create and maintain test plans and work with hardware teams to validate documentation.
• Build tools to debug simulations and enable developers to debug software running on the simulator.
• Implement simulations of on-chip modules.
• Integrate simulated chips with simulated hosts, including QEMU, to enable kernel driver development and host software testing.
• Integrate multiple simulated chips to validate multi-chip software scale-out and scale-up approaches.
• Work closely with software teams to debug early software deliverables.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage.
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits.
• Housing subsidy of $2,000 per month for those living within walking distance of the office.
• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row).
• Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more.
• Daily lunch and dinner in the office.
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification.

What This Job Offers

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