Agent Workflow & Orchestration

• Design end-to-end agent workflows for chip design, verification, debugging, and iterative refinement using structured process graphs.
• Decompose complex silicon workflows into executable agent steps with clear inputs, outputs, and success criteria, including hierarchical and iterative patterns.

Prompt Engineering & Agent Behavior

• Develop high-quality prompts covering specification, microarchitecture, RTL, verification, and debug.
• Define agent behavior models, guardrails, and few-shot examples that guide reasoning, assumption validation, and error handling in chip-design tasks

Required Experience

10+ years of experience (Staff) OR 6+ years of experience (Senior) across key domains:

Chip Design & Verification

Digital IC, ASIC, or SoC design or verification, with strong hands-on expertise in SystemVerilog RTL and UVM. Deep familiarity with lint, CDC/RDC, simulation, timing constraints, and STA, and a solid understanding of microarchitecture (pipelines, FIFOs, DMA, caches, interconnects). Ability to clearly explain design tradeoffs and debugging strategies.

Agentic AI & Software

Experience with LLM-based agent systems, prompt engineering, and workflow decomposition. Familiarity with agent orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, AutoGen, or CrewAI, or equivalent custom systems. Proficiency in Python and experience integrating external tools into automated workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with formal verification, PPA analysis, or timing signoff; background in defining chip-design methodologies; experience building agent playbooks, few-shot libraries, or domain knowledge bases; and contributions to open-source EDA, AI, or agentic tooling.

What we Offer

• Opportunity to shape our flagship Cognichip product; at the intersection of AI, semiconductor design, and developer productivity.
• Competitive compensation package including equity.
• Work alongside world-class engineers, scientists, and product designers.
• Collaborative and innovative startup culture where your impact is direct and visible.