
Cognichip is an AI-first company revolutionizing semiconductor design with its Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI)® platform. ACI® is the world's first physics-informed foundation AI model tailored…

Cognichip is an AI-first company revolutionizing semiconductor design with its Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI)® platform. ACI® is the world's first physics-informed foundation AI model tailored…
Founded: 2024
Mission: Use AI (ACI®) to radically speed and reduce effort in chip design
Total disclosed funding: $93M
Recent round: $60M Series A led by Seligman Ventures (Apr 1, 2026)
Headcount (reported): 73
Semiconductor chip design automation and optimization using generative and physics-informed AI.
2024
DeepTech
$33M
Emergence from stealth with $33M seed
$60M
Participation from Lip-Bu Tan; Umesh Padval (Seligman) and Lip-Bu Tan join board
“Includes venture firms with domain-focused deep-tech investors and participation from industry executive Lip-Bu Tan”
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Security Engineer to help grow our security function. As an AI
SaaS company serving the semiconductor industry, we are entrusted with sensitive design,
model, and infrastructure data. You will be responsible for key security initiatives across our
product, infrastructure, compliance, and operations—ensuring we meet and exceed industry
standards like SOC 2 and maintain the trust of enterprise customers.
Key Responsibilities:
● Cloud Security
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○ Design, implement, and maintain security controls across AWS infrastructure and
Kubernetes environments
○ Manage IAM policies, network security, and secrets management
○ Conduct security architecture reviews for new services and infrastructure
changes
● Security Operations and Incident Response
○ Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and runbooks
○ Lead security incident investigations, containment, and post-incident reviews
○ Build detection and monitoring capabilities across infrastructure and applications
Required Qualifications:
● 4+ years of security engineering experience
● Strong understanding of cloud security architecture (AWS preferred), Kubernetes, and
IAM
● Hands-on experience leading incident investigations, building detection
capabilities, and developing IR playbooks
● Experience with building security guardrails across CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-
code, and cloud environments to enable engineering teams with secure defaults,
templates, and self-service security tooling
● Excellent communication and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
● Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks
● Prior startup experience and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment
● Proficiency in at least one of the following: Java, Python, Golang or TypeScript
● Experience with corporate security (endpoint protection, identity management,
SSO/MFA)