
Astrus is developing AI to automate analog layout on the microchip level. The current analog layout process is manual, time-consuming, and iterative, with engineers spending hours on simple circuits and weeks on complex ones. As transistors shrink, the complexity of Design Rule Check (DRC) and layout sensitivity increases, making the process even more challenging. Astrus aims to streamline this by automating the placement of components and routing of wires, significantly reducing design time and iterations for microchip manufacturers.

Astrus is developing AI to automate analog layout on the microchip level. The current analog layout process is manual, time-consuming, and iterative, with engineers spending hours on simple circuits and weeks on complex ones. As transistors shrink, the complexity of Design Rule Check (DRC) and layout sensitivity increases, making the process even more challenging. Astrus aims to streamline this by automating the placement of components and routing of wires, significantly reducing design time and iterations for microchip manufacturers.
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📍 Location: Toronto or Waterloo, Canada At Astrus, we are using AI to automate microchip design, starting with the biggest bottleneck, analog layout. Our mission is to radically improve global computation and empower chip designers to create the world's most advanced microchips with AI. Astrus is backed by top-tier VC firms: Khosla Ventures, HOF Capital, and 1517 Fund.
About The Role As a Principal Software Developer at Astrus, you’ll help define the technical foundation of our platform and push the limits of what’s possible in large-scale AI and engineering systems. This is an open Principal Software Developer role: we are looking for world-class builders who can bring deep technical leadership, a passion for elegant systems, and the ability to solve some of the hardest scaling and performance problems in modern software.
This is a high-leverage role for someone who thrives on both architecture and execution , who sets the bar for technical excellence, and who can bring clarity and momentum to hard, ambiguous problem spaces.
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Ready to radically improve global computation? 🚀📈 🌎 🤖 Reach out to careers@astrus.ai or Steph Hector for more details